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Xi Jinping signals intent to remain in power by revealing politburo with no successor Tom Phillips   China’s president unveils his all-male cabinet, but crucially no member is young enough to take the reins from Xi at...

Gunman kills three in Maryland before fleeing   A manhunt has been launched for 37-year-old black Radee Labeeb Prince, who police believe was associated with the granite business in the town of Edgewood where the shooting...

Colombia's plastic brick homes empower the poor   Made from recycled plastic waste, these strong and durable homes are taking Cartagena in Colombia by storm. About 300 million tonnes of plastic is produced each year, but only...

Malta car bomb kills Panama Papers journalist Juliette Garside   Daphne Caruana Galizia, a blogger whose investigations focused on corruption, was described as a ‘one-woman WikiLeaks’. https://youtu.be/pCwgp0z1hJo The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta...

US military rushes to defuse looming crisis in Kirkuk after Iraqi army advances Martin Chulov in Erbil, Julian Borger in Washington and Saeed Kamali Dehghan in London   US commanders actively trying to mediate between two sides...

Mogadishu truck bombing death toll rises to more than 300   Somalia's government has blamed the deadliest ever bombing attack on the Al Qaeda-linked Al Shabab group, but Al Shabab is yet to comment. The most powerful...

Wildfires kill over 30 in Portugal and Spain   Wildfires in Portugal killed at least 27 and injured dozens more, with an unconfirmed number still missing, officials said on Monday. In neighbouring Spain, at least four...

Did they or didn't they? No clarity on Catalan independence bid   Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy exchanged letters on Monday but made no headway in the dispute. Madrid has now...

Austria shifts to right as conservative star seals election win   Conservative leader Sebastian Kurz, 31, on track to become next leader after Sunday’s election but far-right Freedom Party could enter the government. Austria’s political “whizz-kid” Sebastian...

Israel to join US in quitting Unesco   Israel has said it will join the US in pulling out of the UN's cultural organisation Unesco, after US officials cited "anti-Israel bias". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised...