For most, the presence of an outfit of ninjas conjures scenes of Japanese comic book assassins or, perhaps, of mutant turtles dwelling in a sewer. But in East Timor, ninjas have become a national ...

The commander of East Timor's renegade forces — whom the country's top military chief said he wants captured dead or alive — said bringing in peacekeepers was the only way to prevent civil war.

Two decades after winning its own struggle against a brutal and corrupt military, the small island nation of East Timor is backing the Myanmar resistance.

After brief civil war, left-wing Fretilin party unilaterally declares East Timor independent. Indonesia invades, using its fight against communism as a pretext.

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Monday the death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, was a tremendous loss for the world, not just Christians.

Pope Francis received a rapturous welcome from the tiny Southeast Asian nation of East Timor, one of the world’s most Catholic countries, where almost half the population turned out for an open ...

Nick Schifrin discussed the reignition of the civil war and its implications with Charles Lister of the Middle East Institute.

Pope Francis has praised the post-war reconciliation process in East Timor as a model for other conflict regions, at the start of his visit to the South-East Asian state. "Heaven grant that the ...

Myanmar’s military government has ordered East Timor’s diplomat to leave the country in retaliation for the East Timorese government holding meetings with Myanmar’s main opposition organization.

After brief civil war, left-wing Fretilin party unilaterally declares East Timor independent. Indonesia invades, using its fight against communism as a pretext.