The Latest Breaking News from Dili

Along the waterfront of East Timor's capital, buzzing restaurants sell local dishes and Portuguese colonial fare facing turquoise waters where the Indonesian military launched an invasion nearly half a century before.

Tens of thousands of East Timorese are streaming toward a seaside park for Pope Francis’ big Mass

Shirley Shackleton, who has died aged 91, spent decades campaigning for justice for her husband, one of the Balibo Five group of Australian journalists killed in Timor-Leste in 1975.

The Vatican on Thursday acknowledged that it had secretly disciplined East Timor bishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Carlos Ximenes Belo two years ago, responding to allegations that he sexually abused boys in East Timor decades before.

A Dutch magazine has reported that a Nobel Peace Prize-winning Catholic bishop has been accused of sexually abusing boys in East Timor in the 1990s

Ramos-Horta, 72, is the latest independence hero to take the reins but could be the one to empower younger leaders.

An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck off the coast of East Timor on Friday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, prompting some people in the capital Dili to flee buildings, though a tsunami was ruled out.

To mark the anniversary, photographer Alex Soares spoke to three cousins who lived through Indonesia’s brutal occupation

Those born after bloody separation from Indonesia see strength of ethnic heritage and dream of economic progress.