Australia and Portugal will finance and supervise the setting up of an East Timorese army, underscoring the proposed new state's reliance on the capitalist powers.

A I L E U, East Timor, Feb. 1 -- After resisting Indonesia's military occupation for 24 years, East Timor's scrappy guerrilla force has been transformed into the core of a new national army. In an ...

East Timor's army will receive military training from Portugese-speaking countries such as Brazil and Portugal as part of a military pact signed between the countries on Sunday. Defence ministers ...

Indonesia and Portugal signed landmark accords Wednesday to enable the people of violence-plagued East Timor to decide if they want autonomy under continued Indonesian rule.If they reject autonomy ...

BAUCAU, Timor-Leste— Exercise Dalan ba Dame 21 began with an opening ceremony at the Forcas de Defesa de Timor Leste (F-FDTL) Land Component Base in Baucau, Timor-Leste on July 26 and will run ...