The foreign ministers of Australia and China were both making their final stops Friday on what has become an island-hopping diplomatic duel in the South Pacific.

Voters in East Timor are choosing a president in a runoff Tuesday between former independence fighters who've blamed each other for years of political paralysis.

Voters in East Timor have cast ballots for president in an election that will test the young nation’s stability amid a protracted political crisis and economic uncertainty.