The president of East Timor told The Associated Press on Monday that he would be willing to intercede personally to try and ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday urged Asia-Pacific leaders to choose dialogue ...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations welcomed East Timor as its newest member Sunday, which its prime minister said was ...

East Timor had weak infrastructure, limited administrative capacity that made it struggle to send diplomats to ASEAN meetings ...

Twenty-three years after obtaining its independence, East Timor is starting a new chapter in its history. The small Southeast ...

Dili and Manila could work together in trade, infrastructure development, conservation and the maritime Code of Conduct, ...

Southeast Asian foreign ministers held talks Saturday ahead of a landmark ASEAN summit that will formally welcome East Timor ...

Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, on Sunday became the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

The membership is expected to aid East Timor’s economic diversification and youth employment efforts as oil revenues decline.

East Timor joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) bloc as its 11th member state on Sunday, after 14 years of campaigning.

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao called Dili’s inclusion ‘a powerful affirmation of our journey, marked by resilience and hope’.