CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition

Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams is not conceding the Georgia governor's race to Republican candidate Brian Kemp, arguing that the high stakes contest is too close to call.

After sweeping to victory in the House, Democrats plan to use their investigative powers next year to reopen the House's Russia investigation, probe possible obstruction of justice and fight to ensure that special counsel Robert Mueller's findings are not hidden from the public.

In one of election night's many firsts, Colorado elected Jared Polis, who will be the country's first openly gay governor. Not only is Polis open about his sexuality, he has a long-term partner named Marlon Reis.

Stock markets are in positive territory after the US midterm elections delivered a divided Congress but little in the way of surprises to nervous investors.

Counselor to President Donald Trump Kellyanne Conway would not say whether the President will continue to call the press "the enemy of the people."

The Democrats have retaken the US House of Representatives, dealing a major blow to President Donald Trump's domestic agenda, but if anxious politicians in Beijing think that means a reprieve from the White House, they should think again.

Van Jones says that with the Democrats taking control of the House, the new Democratic Party is "younger, browner, cooler."

From a pair of Native American women to a Somali refugee to the first openly gay man elected governor, the 2018 midterm elections brought a series of history-making votes that marked major accomplishments for women and LGBT candidates.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 29-year-old democratic socialist, upset a 10-term incumbent in the primaries. She will be Congress' youngest member in 2019.

Jared Polis has won the gubernatorial race in Colorado and will become the nation's first openly gay governor.

President Donald Trump speaks in fragmented sentences and fractured truths.

Before the midterm elections, CNN Opinion asked commentators to weigh in on the races they were watching most closely. We have asked those commentators to assess the outcome of those races -- and what they mean for the future of American politics. The views expressed are solely their own.

Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-TX) speaks to supporters after conceding to Republican competitor Ted Cruz in the Texas Senate race.

Democrats Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland will become the first Native American women elected to Congress, CNN has projected.

Colorado Democratic US Rep. Jared Polis will be his state's next governor, becoming the nation's first openly gay man elected to a governor's mansion, CNN has projected.

Republican Kim Davis, the Kentucky court clerk who became a conservative Christian heroine for refusing to sign same-sex marriage certificates three years ago, lost her re-election bid Tuesday, according to unofficial results posted by the state board of elections.

A pair of districts in the Midwest will add Muslim women to the ranks of the US Congress for the first time, CNN has projected.

New York Democratic congressional nominee Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will win her general election race easily and become the youngest woman ever in Congress, CNN has projected.

CNN's Jake Tapper says that after the defeat of Democratic congressional candidate Amy McGrath by Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY), it does not look like there will be a blue wave in the midterm elections.

Beto O'Rourke just received a big eleventh hour show of support from one very famous Texan.

Whose "I Voted" stickers were best? CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on the hottest midterm accessory.

The word "first" is probably going to come up a lot on Tuesday.

Three bodies have been pulled out of the rubble of several buildings that collapsed on Monday in the French city of Marseille, according to fire officials.

A mysterious cigar-shaped object spotted tumbling through our solar system last year may have been an alien spacecraft sent to investigate Earth, astronomers from Harvard University have suggested.

More than 200 mass graves containing the remains of thousands of victims have been found in areas formerly controlled by ISIS, a United Nations report revealed Tuesday.

Six people have been arrested as part of a preliminary investigation into a suspected plan to attack French President Emmanuel Macron, a judicial source close to the investigation told CNN on Tuesday.

The election is today! The election is today!

She's one of the most prominent sports stars in the United States, but skier Mikaela Shiffrin admits the "toxic" political climate makes her "scared" to air her views.

Cross Counter has won Australia's Melbourne Cup horse race, the annual blockbuster event held at Flemington Racecourse that this year was marred by heavy rain that dampened spectators and soaked the 3200-meter (two mile) track.

Twin sisters in California passed on their tradition of sharing a birthday, giving birth to baby daughters within an hour of each other Sunday.

Sean Hannity defied his own words on Monday.

A man has died after a shark attack in northeastern Australia's Whitsunday Islands, just over a month after two people were critically injured in separate incidents in the same area.

Harvey Weinstein's defense team filed a motion Monday to have the five remaining sex crimes charges against him in New York's Supreme Court dismissed, saying in court documents that the entire case was based on a "defective Grand Jury proceeding" that was "irreparably tainted by police misconduct."

More Japanese children and teenagers killed themselves between 2016 and 2017 than in any year since 1986, according to a new government report.

With more big-name celebrities hitting the campaign trails during the 2018 midterm elections, CNN's Chris Cillizza discusses the influence they could have on voters.

Five men have been arrested after a video was posted online of a burning cardboard model of Grenfell Tower, the West London apartment building where 72 people died last year.

Lewis Bennett and his wife Isabella Hellman had just welcomed a new daughter when they set sail last April with the intention of sailing from St. Maarten to Florida on a catamaran named "Surf Into Summer."

More than a dozen fish were seen trying to cross the street near Washington state's Skokomish River.

As the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq evolved, military doctors grappling to treat soldiers maimed by roadside bombs began facing another challenge: Their patients were developing almost incurable, multidrug-resistant infections in their wounds. They couldn't be treated with the usual antibiotics the doctors had on hand.

Tech tycoon Jack Ma really hates the trade war between the United States and China.

When pilots land safely on a California resort island next year, they can credit a US Marine Corps "invasion."

In the 17th century, an exquisite dagger crafted from jade and inlaid with gold was created for Shah Jahan, the emperor who built the Taj Mahal. Two centuries later, it had found its way into the private collection of Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse code.

A US Navy reconnaissance aircraft flying in international airspace over the Black Sea was intercepted by a Russian fighter jet Monday in an unsafe and unprofessional manner, according to three US defense officials and a statement from the Navy.

US sanctions have failed so far to shut down Iranian oil exports, and eight countries have been granted temporary exemptions to allow them to buy from Tehran without fear of punishment even after the deadline to halt all purchases has passed.

Amazon has made this much clear: It will finish its search for a second headquarters by the end of the year. Beyond that, a lot is TBD.