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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.

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.

British Foreign Secretary and former prime minister David Cameron has said he has no objection to Ukraine using British weapons inside Russian boarders. 

The West has taken to parachuting food aid into Gaza to help feed the people below. But on the ground, these meagre packages have sometimes turned deadly.

The move to detail the secret and unwritten deal further threatens to escalate tensions in the disputed waterway, where much of the world's trade passes through.

Young office workers in China are rebelling against traditional workplace demands to dress up by wearing casual clothes as part of a popular social media trend known as "wear a gross outfit to work".