FILE PHOTO: Former president of East Timor Xanana Gusmao talks to journalists after a meeting with Indonesian Coordinating Minister of Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto in Jakarta (Reuters) ...

Supporters from the Fretilin party attend a campaign rally in support of East Timor President Francisco Guterres - Copyright AFP VALENTINO DARIEL SOUSA Supporters ...

DILI, East Timor (AP) — Vote counting was underway in East Timor’s parliamentary election Sunday with two former independence fighters considered for the post of prime minister. Two main political ...

Next week, Timor-Leste will hold the seventh presidential election that the country has conducted on its own since gaining its independence two decades ago. The March 19 poll is the first to take ...

Timor-Leste, the predominantly Catholic country in Southeast Asia, goes to the polls on March 19 to elect a new president. The influential Catholic Church wants to ensure a “transparent and free” ...

DILI, East Timor — East Timor’s opposition party won Sunday’s parliamentary election, meaning independence fighter Xanana Gusmao is likely to return as prime minister in Asia’s youngest democracy. The ...

Incumbent East Timorese President Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres shows his inked finger after casting his ballot at a polling station during the election in Dili, East Timor, Saturday, March 19, 2022.

In East Timor (Timor-Leste), the Nobel Peace laureate José Ramos-Horta has taken a commanding lead in Tuesday’s presidential election over incumbent Francisco “Lú-Olo” Guterres. With almost half of ...

DILI, April 21 (Reuters) - Independence leader and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta has declared victory in East Timor's presidential election, saying on Thursday that he had secured "overwhelming" ...

May 23 (Reuters) - The party of East Timor independence hero Xanana Gusmão has won most votes in a parliamentary election, preliminary results in state media showed on Tuesday, boosting his chances of ...