After decades of brutal occupation by Indonesia and widespread devastation following its independence referendum, the country ...

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Total of 206 nations will participate in the 2016 Rio Olympics among these India as well. Brazil being a host nation automatically qualified for the Games. This year’s Olympic Games will see two ...

Being in the same space as Pope Francis during his visit to Southeast Asia, we wanted to show him that the seeds he planted ...

Some Goals for Timor-Leste’s New Prime Minister In February, Xanana Gusmao, Timor-Leste’s prime minister and by far its leading national figure, stepped down. In a decision that would be ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics are here, which means when we’re not enjoying some time outside, we’ll be glued to our screens as we ...

East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, has been overwhelmingly Catholic ever since Portuguese explorers first arrived in the early 1500s and some 97% of the population today is Catholic.

East Timor is in a festive mood as it prepares for the arrival of Pope Francis on his first trip to the deeply Catholic ...

On Tuesday afternoon last week, around half the population of Timor-Leste, at least 600,000 people, attended a mass held by Pope Francis in Dili. It was a joyous and complicated occasion.

With the Asian Boxing Confederation refusing to join the International Olympic Committee ‘promoted’ World Boxing, the Olympic ...

The team shared its boat with teams from Timor Leste, Togo and Tonga. The Olympic adventure capped a remarkable year for ...