Pope Francis greets a child in traditional dress during a welcome ceremony at the presidential palace in Dili, Timor-Leste, Sept. 9, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Pope Francis departed from Port ...

The Southeast Asian nation of Timor-Leste and the East African state of Mozambique are about 10,000 kilometers apart, yet their history is unusually connected. The two former Portuguese colonies are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I will be taking you around the world—looking at the power of values. This year, Timor-Leste – otherwise known as East Timor – ...

Teresinha da Silva was on her ninth hour standing under an umbrella in the blazing South Pacific sun when she took off her scarf and proudly began to explain its history. The weathered scarf ...

As Indonesian warplanes flew overhead, they dropped something many in Timor-Leste had never seen. But Jose Bareto de Jesus recognised the rounded objects floating to the ground and sounded the alarm ...

On May 20, 2002, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste became Asia’s youngest country following a two-year transitional administration by the United Nations. August 8 this year marks the 55th ...

Melissa Conley Tyler is Executive Director of the Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue (AP4D), a platform for collaboration between the development, diplomacy and defence communities ...

The event forms a flagship part of QPCO’s Back to Our Roots programme ( https://qpco.org.uk/projects/back-to-our-roots/) — an initiative dedicated to helping ...