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.

Ten killed in mass shooting at Colorado grocery store

A gunman killed at least 10 people including a police officer at a grocery store in Colorado on Monday, police said, in the latest shooting to hit the western state – scene of two of the most infamous US mass murders.

WHO mission to China fails to find source of coronavirus

It was "most likely" to have come from an intermediary species, he said, before backing up China's position that there was no evidence of "large outbreaks in Wuhan" before December when the first official cases have been recorded.

China, US advised to refresh ties

Officials and experts have urged China and the United States to reshape their damaged relationship and called on the new US administration to employ positive policies to refresh ties with Beijing to benefit both nations and the world.

Body parts found at Indonesian plane crash site

Divers pulled body parts, wreckage and clothing from waters off Indonesia's capital Jakarta yesterday, as the military located a signal it hoped would lead to the wreckage of a jet that crashed with 62 people on board.

Mob storms US Capitol as Trump accused of 'coup'

Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held on Wednesday to certify Joe Biden's election win, triggering unprecedented chaos and violence at the heart of American democracy and accusations the president was attempting a coup.

Day of chaos as pro-Trump mob besieges US Capitol

The world watched in shock and horror on Wednesday as a mob of Donald Trump supporters, encouraged by the president, stormed the US Capitol in a bid to thwart lawmakers from their constitutional duty.

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