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Cambodia Considered Timor-Leste’s Special Guest at DITE 2025
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, August 29, 2025 -- Cambodia is considered a special guest of Timor-Leste at the five-day Dili International Expo 2025 (DITE 2025), being held at the Dili Convention Centre in Timor-Leste, from Aug. 28 to September 1, 2025. The...
ACIAR celebrates 25 years of partnership with Timor-Leste
The National Tribune
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August 29, 2025
ACIAR This year, Australia celebrates 25 years of development cooperation with Timor-Leste. This milestone reflects the enduring partnership between ACIAR and Timor-Leste. Since 2000, ACIAR-supported research projects have played a vital role in...
Local friendship groups honoured by Timor-Leste president
Ovens and Murray Advertiser
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August 29, 2025
Community Local friendship groups honoured by Timor-Leste president Aug 29 2025 Updated 2 hours ago Local friendship groups have been recognised by the Timor-Leste government for their outstanding support of the country and its people. Timor-Leste...
Wednesday's letters: Trump wants to change elections because Putin says so?
Greensboro News & Record - North Carolina
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Because Putin says so? Donald Trump wants to eliminate voting machines and mail-in ballots in future elections based upon the advice of Putin? Asking Vladimir Putin, the guardian of free and fair elections in Russia? Yeah, that’s akin to the...
Joint Statement on the Ninth Australia-Indonesia Foreign and Defence Ministers’ 2+2 Meeting
The National Tribune
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August 29, 2025
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australian and Indonesian Foreign and Defence Ministers met for the Ninth Australia- Indonesia Foreign and Defence Ministers’ 2+2 Meeting on 28 August 2025 in Canberra. Ministers met in a spirit of genuine...
Indonesia request Timor-Leste to probe border incident
Antara
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August 28, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Embassy in Dili has formally requested Timor-Leste authorities to investigate a recent incident involving the construction of boundary markers along the two countries’ border. “The Embassy has taken follow-up...
Estrella kicks off high tech Timor-Leste surveys for manganese, limestone
The West Australian
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August 28, 2025
Estrella Resources has initiated a comprehensive survey program across its Timor-Leste concessions, targeting its highly prospective manganese and limestone deposits in the Lautém Municipality. The program, covering 3,200 hectares, aims to refine...
Samdech Techo Hun Sen Recognised as Hero for Timor-Leste
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, August 28, 2025 -- Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen is regarded as a hero by the leaders and people of Timor-Leste, affirmed H.E. Marcos dos Reis da Costa, newly appointed Ambassador of Timor-Leste to Cambodia, during a...
Who’s Coming to China’s 2025 Victory Day Military Parade?
The Diplomat
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August 28, 2025
On September 3, China will hold what official sources are calling a “massive military parade” to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory Day – the day Beijing commemorates the officially surrender of Japan and the end of World War II. For China, the...
Foreign Ministry Seeks Clarification Over Indonesian Shot at Timor Leste Border
Tempo.co
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August 27, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs demands an explanation from Timor Leste regarding the shooting incident involving an Indonesian citizen in the land dispute along the borders of the two countries in East Nusa Tenggara. According...
Timor-Leste president expects ASEAN entry to open doors for country
NHK
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Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta expressed his hope for a new era of prosperity for his country when he sat down for an interview with NHK in Tokyo on Tuesday. Ramos-Horta said he sees great potential for Timor-Leste, formerly known as East...
International journalists learn from St. Pete media leaders
St. Pete Catalyst - Florida
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August 27, 2025
St. Petersburg-based World Partnerships recently hosted 19 journalists and communication professionals from the Indo-Pacific as part of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. The guests, all participants in the...
East Nusa Tenggara resident shot amid border dispute with Timor-Leste authorities
The Jakarta Post
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border dispute between Indonesia and Timor-Leste turned violent after a resident of Inbate Village in North Central Timor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, was allegedly shot by Timor-Leste border police during a tense standoff on Monday. East Nusa...
Border Clash Highlights Decades-Old Rift Between Indonesian and Timor-Leste Communities
The Jakarta Globe
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Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. An Indonesian villager was injured on Monday after Timor-Leste border patrol officers opened fire during an altercation in a contested frontier area, underscoring the unresolved land disputes that continue to strain...
Timor-Leste has signed a deal with the World Food Programme to combat malnutrition
Macao News
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August 25, 2025
The government of Timor-Leste is partnering with the World Food Programme (WFP) to provide nutrition support for the country’s most vulnerable, reports the Portuguese news agency Lusa. The agreement aims to support Timor-Leste’s long-running Bolsa...
Indonesian Military Responds to Border Clash with Timor-Leste
Tempo.co
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August 26, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian Military (TNI) has confirmed a clash between Indonesian citizens and the Unidade de Patrulhamento de Fronteiras (UPF), or Border Patrol Unit, of Timor-Leste. The incident occurred in Inbate Village, Bikomi...
Japan announces provision of security aid to East Timor
The Mainichi
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba , far right, and East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta, far left, meet in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan said Tuesday it will provide security aid to East Timor, making it the eighth...
Japan, Timor-Leste agree to step up security cooperation
NHK
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Japan and the Southeast Asian country of Timor-Leste have agreed to strengthen cooperation on national security through a Japanese framework offering defense equipment. Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and President Jose Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste,...
Why is BNP against PR
Views Bangladesh
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August 29, 2025
There is a perception among many that if elections are held under the PR system, the BNP will lose while Jamaat will come to power. Is that really the case, and is this why BNP opposes PR? Politics has been buzzing with the word PR for some time...
Japan, East Timor Affirm Security, Economic Cooperation
Nippon
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August 26, 2025
Newsfrom Japan Politics Aug 26, 2025 19:06 (JST) Tokyo, Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta met in Tokyo on Tuesday and confirmed their countries' security and economic...