Timor-Leste: Twenty-Five Years ... Since independence, the presence of so many unemployed young men in Timor has, on several occasions, helped spark gang and political violence in Dili and other ...

The government of Catholic-majority Timor-Leste is pondering a complete ban on traditional martial arts, blaming it for ongoing gang violence between youth groups. During a visit to Maliana Parish ...

The new Timor-Leste government of Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak appears determined to tackle one of the Catholic nation's perennial problems, youth unemployment, which has led to a disturbing street ...

Dozens of failed asylum seekers have been sent back to Vietnam and Timor-Leste in a UK first, the Home Office has said. Some 46 people were returned to the South-East Asian countries on a plane ...

Two members of East Timor's rival martial arts gangs were killed on Thursday in another bout of violence that has beset the young, impoverished nation, police said.

Timor-Leste is undoubtedly a remarkable democratic success story, one of the most striking in the world. After decades of brutal occupation by Indonesia and widespread devastation following its ...

Since 2007, Timor-Leste has had multi-party governments as a result of its proportional representation electoral system. As in the past, the electoral process itself was next to flawless. Timor-Leste ...

Dozens of failed asylum seekers have been sent back to Vietnam and Timor-Leste in a UK first, the Home Office has said. Some 46 people were returned to the South-East Asian countries on a plane ...