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Twitter set ablaze after media networks call United States presidential race in favour of Joe Biden over Donald Trump.

Thousands of provisional ballots are still being counted in key US states, but are unlikely to sway election results.

Harris, of Asian descent, has had a career of firsts and will add another after assuming the office of vice president.

Trump is fired and now we have to recover from his presidency. Here is how.

World leaders react as Joe Biden is announced winner of the 2020 US elections after defeating incumbent Donald Trump.

Myanmar is set to hold its second election since the end of outright military rule.

Incumbent President Donald Trump is not conceding the election and has promised to pursue litigation in several states.

Trump says presidential race is far from over, accuses Biden's 'media allies' of hiding the truth.

Sotoudeh released on furlough from a women’s prison outside Tehran shortly after ending lengthy hunger strike.

Pennsylvania put Democrat Joe Biden over the Electoral College threshold needed to win the White House: AP

Experts say Joe Biden appealed to white, working-class voters in Pennsylvania, which propelled him to the White House.

The graves were discovered in Tarhuna, the main staging point of Haftar's year-long offensive on the capital, Tripoli.

Second and final phase of the elections, taking place in 13 governorates including Cairo, wraps up on Sunday evening.

Democratic candidate is projected to have secured 290 Electoral College votes, the Associated Press reports.

When the whole world is facing unprecedented upheaval, it is astonishing to suggest 'Islam' alone is in crisis.

Forget the 5G tussle. The Chinese-US rivalry in Africa is about to enter a whole new phase amid the COVID vaccine race.

Jean Castex says government will mobilise all its forces to fight 'enemy' at memorial for Nice church attack victims.

Security forces had opened fire during clashes with protesters in Basra, killing one and wounding at least five others.

Constitutional court rejects electoral fraud claims, hands 82-year-old third term his rivals say is unconstitutional.

Broadening of personal freedoms reflects the changing profile of a country seeking robust tourism.

Ethiopian legislators vote to scrap the current government days after Addis Ababa launched a military operation.

Ivorian prosecutors are pursuing terrorism charges against more than a dozen opposition leaders.

In an apparent nod to a potential Biden presidency, Iran’s Rouhani calls for a US return to nuclear deal commitments.

More than 37 million of Myanmar's 56 million people are eligible to vote on Sunday.

No group has claimed responsibility for the death of former Tolo TV news presenter Yama Siawash by car bomb.

The faction is regularly blamed by China to justify its harsh crackdown in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang region.

Brazil's carbon emissions surge, moving away from its 2025 target.

As Sudan faced the worst floods in a century, we travelled to Khartoum to meet some of those most affected.

Experts warn weapons potentially create dangerous situations that could lead to deadly violence.

Governor replaced by presidential decree with former finance minister Naci Agbal after the currency hit record lows.

Mark Meadows, who has appeared at public events without wearing a mask, has been diagnosed with the virus.

Americans have been waiting longer than in any presidential election since 2000 to see who wins.

Democratic candidate Joe Biden says the numbers show he will win the race for the presidency.

Anti-Muslim sentiment intensify across the majority Buddhist country threatening to disenfranchise minority voters.

Al Jazeera also examines how many electoral votes past presidential candidates secured to win the White House.

American Civil Liberties Union lawsuit requests federal records on COVID-19 response in immigration detention centres.

Hopewell Chin'ono was accused of breaching bail conditions by tweeting about court outcome of a gold smuggling scandal.

Trump to seek recounts in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia where apparent winner Biden is ahead by narrow margins.

With the election sitting at razor-thin margins, what are the paths to victory in the Electoral College?

Hundreds of the former fighters who demobilised under a 2016 peace deal, recently marched to demand better security.

Havana meeting between Bruno Rodriguez and Mohammad Javad Zarif to mark the 'mutual solidarity between both nations'.

The actor recently lost a libel case against the UK's Sun tabloid for calling him a 'wife beater'.

Analysis: Donald Trump’s victory may have been a surprise in 2016. This year’s results should not be.

Medics said Fadhel hit by at least one bullet as hundreds of protesters and the anti-riot police clashed.

Parts of Yemen, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and South Sudan could slip into famine if conditions keep deteriorating.

US says Bassil, a close Hezbollah ally, ‘exemplified corruption’ in Lebanon.

Many of the dead were buried in their homes in a remote village, where about 150 houses had been swallowed by mudslides.

Joe Biden's campaign says Donald Trump can be escorted out of White House if he refuses to admit defeat in US election.

Italy says naval, aerial assets would be deployed off Tunisia to monitor sea migration flows.

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed is facing a leadership test as he starts an offensive in the Tigray region.