Former President Gerald Ford died last night at the age of 93. We begin our coverage of Ford's time in office with a look at his support for the…

Dili – East Timorese celebrated a peaceful Christmas on Sunday as church and political leaders called on them to reject violence which earlier…

Mark Dodd – More than 70,000 East Timorese are still living in emergency shelter as a result of ongoing gang violence that flared earlier in the…

Dili – A shipment of emergency clothing, food and wheelchairs intended for impoverished residents of East Timor was unloaded from a…

Nelson da Cruz, Dili – Baby Xestalino Soares lies fast asleep on a mat, sharing a cloth blanket with one of his older brothers, while his mother…

Janet Fyfe-Yeomans – Crack SAS troops were poised to launch a secret mission into East Timor to rescue the five Australians three days before…

Dili – An army rebel who played a key role in the revolt that sent East Timor into chaos earlier this year held reconciliation talks with the…

Dili – More than 400 Christians have been sheltered in East Timor's capital, Dili's largest mosque since Friday, when fighting between rival gangs…

Tom Hyland – Two mysteries have shrouded the deaths of five Australia-based newsmen, killed while reporting the Indonesian attack on the East…

Karen Michelmore, Jakarta – The world had been too optimistic about the early achievement of East Timor, the new boss of the United Nations…

Hundreds of gang members battled with guns and machetes in East Timor's capital Dili today, officials and witnesses said, killing one and injuring…

Janet Fife-Yeomans – Former prime minister Gough Whitlam should be forced to finally tell the truth about what his government knew of the fate of…

Lisa Allan, Sydney – A NSW coroner says former intelligence workers may have important information about the deaths of the Balibo Five journalists…

East Timor activists are calling on Australian authorities to cooperate with an inquiry into the deaths of five journalists in Timor…

Dili – The political leaders of unrest-plagued East Timor on Sunday pledged to work together to return peace and order to the fledgling nation.…

Five young Australians were executed on the orders of Indonesian military chiefs, according to sensational evidence omitted from official…

Hamish McDonald – A dramatic new lead into the deaths of five Australia-based newsmen in Balibo, East Timor, 31 years ago suggests they were…

Canberra – New evidence claiming five journalists were executed by Indonesian troops in 1975 while working for Australian media was hearsay and…

Dili – UN police have arrested 26 people on suspicion of involvement in deadly clashes between East Timor martial arts gangs that have…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Former East Timorese living in West Timor, East Nusa Tenggara, rallied at the local provincial administration office in…

Dili – Rival martial arts gangs staged rolling battles across East Timor's capital today after weekend violence that reportedly saw a man hacked…

Jakarta – A joint Indonesia-East Timor commission plans to question former Indonesian military chief Wiranto and other officers over the violence…

Dili – East Timor's former interior minister will go on trial Thursday on allegations of arming a political hit squad with state weapons as the…

Dili – East Timor President Xanana Gusmao on Tuesday said the worst was now over and his country was recovering from the outbreak of violence…

John Loizou, Dili - The contrast between the physical presence of Cuba and the rest of the world in East Timor is as stark as the difference in…

Cynthia Banham, Dili – The Minister for Defence, Brendan Nelson, has warned of an imminent humanitarian crisis in East Timor if camps for…

One man has been killed and two others, including a policeman, injured during street violence in East Timor, Home Affairs Minister Alcino Barris…

Dili – A Brazilian missionary has been killed after being caught up in communal fighting in East Timor's capital, a UN spokeswoman and a…

Australians are getting a rare opportunity to learn about Timor-Leste and to better understand its story through Chega!, the Final Report of the…

Dili – Four people are believed to have died in the latest East Timor violence which also saw 10 homes torched, Prime Minister Jose Ramos Horta…

Dili – Nearly 1,000 soldiers and police paraded on the streets of East Timor's capital Dili Wednesday in an apparent gesture of reconciliation…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – After months of violence, hundreds of youths from rival gangs have gathered on the streets of Dili to embrace each other…

Amy Goodman – The troops marched slowly, their US-made M-16s raised. It was Nov. 12, 1991, a day that would forever be seared into my memory, and…

Ellen Whinnett – East Timorese refugees say they have been threatened with visa cancellations if they do not support the Labor Party.

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Dili – Timor Leste Prime Minister Jose Ramon Horta expressed gratitude to Cuba on Monday for providing medical training to almost 500…

On the fifteenth anniversary of the massacre of over 270 East Timorese civilians by the Indonesian military, calls for justice and accountability…

Hundreds of East Timorese youths, including members of rival gangs who fought each other in the streets of the capital earlier this year, have…

Dili – More than 1,000 East Timorese gathered in the capital Dili on Sunday to mark the 15th anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre, when…

Lisbon – Timor Leste's former prime minister Mari Alkatiri, under investigation for his alleged role in violence that wracked the nation earlier…

On the fifteenth anniversary of the infamous massacre at Santa Cruz cemetery in Timor-Leste, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN)…

Ben Terrall and John M. Miller – This November 12 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the 1991 massacre at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, East…

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Deposed prime minister Mari Alkatiri has accused the Catholic Church's hierarchy in East Timor of being behind a…

Former East Timorese prime minister Mari Alkatiri has appeared under tight security escort at the General Prosecutor's Office for questioning over…

Matthew Libbis – On 17 October, the United Nations's Independent Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste released its report into who was…

James Dunn – For Prime Minister John Howard, the recent Pacific Forum meeting must have been a rather uncomfortable experience. It should also…

Dili – Stone-throwing between two street-roaming youth gangs in the capital of East Timor Thursday marred an otherwise peaceful celebration of a…

Mario de Queiroz, Lisbon – After centuries of Portuguese colonialism and more than two decades of Indonesian military occupation, instability and…

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Gangs responsible for East Timor's violence, political intimidation, extortion and crime have been linked to powerful…

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – The East Timorese Government has ordered a crackdown on activists behind a campaign aimed at denigrating Australian…

Lindsay Murdoch, Dili – Australian embassy officials and staff in Dili have tightened their security as unidentified people spread rumours that…