Embattled Republican incumbent U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine scored a come-from-behind election victory as her challenger conceded Wednesday, virtually closing Democrats' pathway to regaining control of the Senate.

U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign on Wednesday said it was demanding a recount in Wisconsin, a crucial state where early returns show Democrat Joe Biden with a slender lead.

Two Ivory Coast government supporters were killed and a minister's convoy hit by gunfire, officials said on Wednesday, with the country in a deadlock over President Alassane Ouattara's contested reelection.

U.S. President Donald Trump fired off allegations of election fraud on Wednesday, setting the stage for a potential legal battle, as Democrat Joe Biden took a slim lead in key states that could decide the bitterly contested White House race.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Wednesday urged America's politicians to help maintain "trust" in the electoral system after President Donald Trump prematurely declared victory in the tightly contested race.

Twitter on Wednesday labeled as "misleading" a tweet from President Donald Trump claiming ballot irregularities, as a tight vote count in the presidential election was evolving.

Joe Biden vowed Wednesday that his campaign would not "rest until every vote is counted" in the U.S. election after President Donald Trump sought Supreme Court intervention to halt the counting process.

"We won't rest until everyone's vote is counted," Trump's Democrat rival Biden said on Twitter.

U.S. President Donald Trump alleged on Wednesday that there had been "surprise ballot dumps" in states where he had been leading Democrat Joe Biden in the race for the White House.

U.S. President Donald Trump will suffer a harsh loss if he follows through on threats to challenge election vote counts in the U.S. Supreme Court, a lawyer for Democrat Joe Biden's campaign warned Wednesday.

Americans woke up on Wednesday not knowing who the next U.S. president would be as votes were still being counted in six key states that could swing the bitterly contested election to Republican incumbent Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden.