You can make query like this
$paged = get_query_var('paged') ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post', //Specyfying post type
'cat'=> 1, //Selecting post category by ID to show
'posts_per_page' => 10, //No. of posts to show
'paged' => $paged //For pagination
);
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
//To show Title of post
the_title();
//To show ID of post
$id = get_the_ID();
echo $id;
/***** Featured Media ******/
the_post_thumbnail(
array(120, 90), //Width and height of featured image
array(
'class' => 'thumbnail', //class to apply css properties
'alt' => 'post thumbnail', //Alternate text if there is no image to show
'title' => 'my custom title' //Title to specify
)
);
/******* Featured Media Ends ********/
endwhile;