The young nation has yet to fulfill a considerable number of legal requirements, suggesting that a later timeline might be more realistic. Timor-Leste is on track for its long-awaited accession to the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — History was made today as Timor-Leste was officially welcomed as Asean’s 11th member, marking the culmination of years of effort and aspiration with the signing of the admission ...

Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao greets Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim before the plenary session at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2025 (pool photo by Mohd ...

Timor-Leste has dismissed Myanmar’s reported objection to it becoming the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as “inconsequential and irrelevant.” Myanmar has formally ...

In less than a decade, Timor-Leste has gone from being a “pebble” in Indonesia’s shoe to a “good neighbor” of its former ruler. Indonesian President Joko Widodo (right) shakes hands with Timor-Leste’s ...

Asia’s youngest country and Asean’s latest member might be small but it’s ready to get to work. We speak to president José Ramos-Horta to explore what’s next. At long last Timor-Leste has been ...

Since the 2022 ASEAN summits, when ASEAN members agreed ‘in principle’ to Timor-Leste’s admission and guaranteed its observer status, Timor-Leste’s entry into ASEAN is a real possibility. This was ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations welcomed East Timor as its newest member Sunday, which its prime minister said was a “dream realized” for the tiny nation. Meanwhile ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations welcomed East Timor as its newest member Sunday, which its prime minister said was a "dream realized" for the tiny nation.