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One thing Anthony Albanese and Indonesia's elected president, Prabowo Subianto, have in common, is their marital status when they came into office. This is the first time Indonesia will not have a first lady, but how important is their role?

Mexican authorities say three bodies have been found in an area where two Australian brothers and their American travel companion are missing, and criminal charges have been laid against one of three people in custody. The bodies have not been identified.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has reassured Japanese allies that the president's remarks were only about conveying the US as "a nation of immigrants". 

Hundreds of "simple but permanent" homes would be built in northern Sulawesi to facilitate the permanent relocations, coordinating human development minister Muhadjir Effendy confirmed, after a cabinet meeting to discuss the volcano which erupted again on Tuesday.

Hope Hicks's testimony gave jurors an inside look at Donald Trump's damage control efforts in the waning weeks of his 2016 White House campaign.

Authorities corral an escaped zebra almost a week after it and three others ran out of a trailer on its way from Seattle, Washington to Montana.

The move to immediately suspend the issuing of overseas work permits comes after Myanmar authorities announced in February that men between the ages of 18 and 35 were required to serve for two years in the military.

The storms also triggered landslides and the partial collapse of a dam structure at a small hydro-electric power plant.

From cash payments and extended parental leave to subsidised education, some of Asia's largest economies are spending millions to try to get people to have children and reverse declining fertility rates.

Canadian police say the murder of the Sikh separatist leader is still under investigation and they are probing possible links to the Indian government.