An hour’s drive south-west of Paris in the Chevreuse Valley lies the Abbaye des Vaux-de-Cernay, a 12th-century Cistercian ...

Not many filmakers have delved into the lives of Indonesians in remote areas. But seasoned producer Mira Lesmana sees a wealth of interesting stories from the outer islands. One of Mira's films, ...

One of Mira's films, Atambua 39 Celcius (2012) explores the culture of West Timor in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT ... but I have yet to visit the smaller islands, like Sabu and Rote," said 50-year-old Mira ...

Timor-Leste, previously known as East Timor, is an island country in the eastern Lesser Sunda Islands, and part of the Malay ...

West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

In 2015, the Australian Government commissioned the Australian War Memorial (AWM) to produce the official history of Australian operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and Australian Peacekeeping ...

It is not possible to receive an entry permit when you arrive at the land border with West Timor so if you want to enter Timor Leste via the border with Indonesia, you need to get an entry permit in ...

Former West Coast Eagles premiership player David Wirrpanda has had two charges against him dropped but fined $700 for breaching a family violence order after he liked a photo and texted a woman.

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The name alone is problematic, at least in German: officially, it was known as Berlin (West); the East Germans, if they referred to it at all, wrote it as Westberlin; whilst in West Germany, they ...