President-elect Joe Biden embraces son Hunter after victory speech (AP)Joe Biden has won the 2020 US presidential election.Four nail-biting days after the election, Mr Biden finally amassed enough electoral college votes needed to win the…

Joe Biden has reached out directly to supporters of Donald Trump, asking that each side give the other a fresh start, in his first address to the nation as president-elect.Four years after the vice president…

(AFP via Getty Images)Joe Biden has won the 2020 US presidential election.Four nail-biting days after the election, Mr Biden finally amassed enough electoral college votes needed to win the White House. Mr Biden won Pennsylvania, pushing…

Ex-vice president leads in four swing states, as final ballots countedJoe Biden has overtaken Donald Trump's vote count in Pennsylvania and Georgia, both key swing states, putting him within touching distance of the White House.…

Bel Trew is The Independent’s Middle East Correspondent based in Beirut. Bel has covered the region since the start of the Arab Spring in 2011, reporting on uprisings and civil conflicts from South Sudan to…

Donald Trump could be removed from Twitter after he leaves office if he continues to break the platform’s rules, according to Twitter’s policy regarding public figures.The US President’s account was flagged seven different times on…

Labour has called for an investigation into the sacking of the Department for Education’s top civil servant, amid anger that officials rather than ministers have carried the can for a series of policy failures.A former…

Three years on, the Rohingya are still waiting for a justice that may never come | The Independent Independent Premium > Long Reads Three ongoing court cases are offering hope to the 1 million Rohingya…