Myanmar’s junta has expelled Timor-Leste’s top diplomat after the Southeast Asian island accepted a legal case against the military regime for alleged war crimes. Timor-Leste’s investigation represents the first time a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) has initiated such action against a fellow member state. It also marks a bold move … Read more
Challenges for domestic courts In this environment, universal jurisdiction could play a more important role. The United Nations has implicitly recognised this by establishing investigative mechanisms for Syria and Myanmar that gather evidence for future prosecutions in domestic, regional or international courts. Many states have laws that allow them to prosecute international crimes like torture, … Read more
The tiny nation of Timor-Leste, an island in the Timor Sea near to the Indonesian archipelago, was introduced at the recent Asean Tourism Forum (ATF) after joining the Asean group of countries late in 2025. Tourism leaders from 11 South East Asian countries recently assembled in the Philippines to meet international tourism buyers and boost … Read more
Australia and Timor-Leste call for the Greater Sunrise offshore gas project to be developed as soon as possible, the two countries said in a joint declaration on Wednesday, as Australia looks to boost its domestic gas supply. The Greater Sunrise fields, operated by Australia’s Woodside Energy, are located north-west of Darwin, Australia, but are closer … Read more
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MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday thanked the government of Timor-Leste for its help in extraditing former congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. In a video statement released by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Marcos disclosed that he first knew of Teves’ impending homecoming from Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão. Both leaders attended the … Read more
Teves to be sent back to Philippines —Timor-Leste gov’t Philstar.com Timor-Leste to deport ex-lawmaker Arnie Teves Rappler DOJ ready for Teves’ transfer following arrest in Timor-Leste Philippine News Agency INQToday: Arnolfo Teves camp files writ of habeas corpus over Timor-Leste arrest Inquirer.net Timor-Leste ready to deport Teves but court issues writ of habeas corpus BusinessMirror Source link
MANILA, Philippines — Expelled Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. was arrested Tuesday evening at his residence in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste. According to Teves’ legal counsel, Ferdinand Topacio, the former lawmaker was taken by immigration police at around 8 p.m. (Dili time), alongside his Timor-Leste counsel, Dr. Joao Serra. Topacio claimed that during … Read more
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto proposed that Papua New Guinea join ASEAN. During the 46th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Prabowo emphasized the importance of strengthening this regional organization amid increasingly intense global power competition. In his first address as President of Indonesia at the ASEAN forum on Monday, May 26, 2025, Prabowo … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR: Timor-Leste is a step closer to fulfilling its longstanding wish to join the Southeast Asian regional bloc and could become its 11th member state by October, Malaysia’s foreign minister said on Sunday (May 25). Mohamad Hasan said on the sidelines ahead of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur that … Read more