Timorese Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao attends the ASEAN-Canada Summit in Jakarta, Sep. 3, 2023. Credit: Media Center of The ASEAN Summit 2023/M Agung Rajasa/pras/mifta The saga of Timor-Leste’s ...

KUALA LUMPUR: East Timor joined the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc as its 11th member state on Sunday, after 14 years of campaigning. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, ...

East Timor's Prime Minister pledged on Sunday (October 26, 2025) that his country would be a productive member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)as it was formally admitted to the ...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Asean secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn present the declaration of Timor-Leste’s accession to the bloc to prime minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao. On the left is ...

KUALA LUMPUR - Asia's youngest nation Timor-Leste (East Timor) on Sunday became the 11th member of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN, fulfilling a vision set out by its current president nearly a ...

sia's youngest nation Timor Leste is set to achieve a decades-long dream when it becomes the 11th member of ASEAN this weekend, which analysts say is a win politically although the economic benefits ...

Foreign ministers and economic ministers of Asean member countries pose for a group photo during the Asean Joint Foreign and Economic Ministers’ Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday, Oct. 25 ...

Timor-Leste today officially acceded to Asean as its 11th member, marking a historic milestone for both the nation and the bloc. The accession, the grouping’s first expansion in 26 years, was ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The president of East Timor told The Associated Press on Monday that he would be willing to intercede personally to try and break the impasse in the region’s most ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Asia's youngest nation East Timor on Sunday became the 11th member of the Southeast Asian bloc Asean, fulfilling a vision set out by its current president nearly a half-century ago while ...