Year: 2026

DILI, 20 April 2026 (TATOLI) — Timor-Leste’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Bendito dos Santos Freitas, met with Singapore’s newly appointed Ambassador to Timor-Leste, Her Excellency Teo Lay

DILI, 20 April 2026 (TATOLI) – Crude oil prices rose again after the United States and Iran exchanged attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, marking a

By Dionísio Babo Soares, Ph.D. When Samuel P. Huntington warned of a possible “clash of civilizations” in The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996), and Francis

DILI, 18 April 2026 (TATOLI) — Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão on Saturday inaugurated the rehabilitation of the Maliana urban road in Bobonaro municipality, marking a major step

DILI, 18 April 2026 (TATOLI) – Oil prices have dropped sharply after Iran announced that the Strait of Hormuz would remain completely open to commercial shipping for the duration

DILI, 18 April 2026 (TATOLI) – Timor-Leste authorities have seized an Indonesian-flagged fishing vessel operating illegally within Timor-Leste’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The seizure of the vessel, carrying 32

DILI, 17 April 2026 (TATOLI) — Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão met on Thursday with representatives of Timor Resources at the Government Palace in Dili to review progress

DILI, 17 April 2026 (TATOLI) — Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Transport and Communications held a two-day public consultation workshop in Dili on the country’s Digital Transformation Strategy 2026–2036, bringing together

DILI, 17 April 2026 (TATOLI) – On April 16th, 2026, Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão met with Australia’s special envoy for the Greater Sunrise Project, Katrina Cooper, at

DILI, 17 April 2026 (TATOLI) – A lack of resources to patrol Timor-Leste’s waters, combined with limited monitoring of vessel activity, is enabling illegal fishing to exploit the country’s