Officer killed in US Capitol car-ramming attack A US Capitol police officer was killed and a second injured Friday after a vehicle rammed through security and crashed into a barrier at  the Washington complex, forcing it into lockdown less than three months after a mob assault on Congress.

Đồng Tâm people work together to build new countryside

More than eight months after the incident that left four people dead, Đồng Tâm Commune, Mỹ Đức District in Hà Nội is changing day by day. 

Two sentenced to death in Đồng Tâm trial

The Hà Nội People’s Court on Monday announced death sentences for Lê Đình Chức and Lê Đình Công, who were the masterminds and led the resistance in Đồng Tâm Commune, Mỹ Đức District, resulting in the death of three policemen in January 2020.

Trial begins over deaths of policemen in Đồng Tâm Among them, 25 face the charge of murder while the four others are accused of resisting on-duty officers.

Teen arrested after two shot dead in protest-hit US city of Kenosha A 17-year-old was arrested on murder charges Wednesday after two people were shot dead during demonstrations against police brutality in the US city of Kenosha, as authorities released their first account of the shooting of a black man by an officer that ignited the violence.

New Zealand mosque gunman unmoved as survivors recount ordeal The Australian white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in last year's New Zealand mosques shooting showed no emotion as his sentencing hearing opened Monday with horrific details of an atrocity prosecutors said was meticulously planned to inflict maximum casualties.

Canada launches public inquiry of deadliest mass shooting Canada said on Tuesday it was launching a public inquiry into the country's deadliest mass shooting to shed light on the tragedy and respond to demands for transparency by victims' families.

Record 212 environmental activists murdered in 2019: NGO At least 212 environmental campaigners worldwide were murdered in 2019, making last year the deadliest on record for frontline activists battling the destruction of Nature, watchdog group Global Witness reported on Wednesday.

North Korea vows to step up border military activities North Korea threatened on Wednesday to bolster its military presence at now-shuttered inter-Korean project sites and rebuild guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone, a day after it blew up its liaison office with Seoul, sharply raising tensions on the peninsula.

Trump threatens military mobilization against violent US protests President Donald Trump vowed on Monday to order a military crackdown on once-in-a generation violent protests gripping the United States, saying he was sending thousands of troops onto the streets of the capital and threatening to deploy soldiers to states unable to regain control.