As the week comes to a close, let’s take a look at the top stories that made headlines over the past few days. Xi Jinping Faces ‘Unprecedented’ Turmoil Chinese President Xi Jinping is facing an extraordinary challenge within the Chinese Communist Party,

Nearly one in six officials who had Central Committee seats were absent from a major conclave, many of them now disgraced.

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech Monday on the opening day of a major meeting of the ruling Communist Party to approve a draft plan laying out its goals for the country over the next five years.

US President Donald Trump met Saturday with the emir and prime minister of Qatar – a key ally in preserving the fragile Gaza peace deal – en route to Asia and high-stakes trade talks with China’s Xi Jinping.