Pictures captured some of the most jarring scenes ever to unfold in a seat of American political power.

The largely routine and ceremonial certification was set to last hours after a group of Republicans in the House and Senate said they would issue objections in certain battleground states.

In an unprecedented step, Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump after he repeatedly posted false accusations about the integrity of the election

European leaders condemned an attack on democracy as chaos unfolded in a country they once relied upon for global leadership.

From cabinet appointments to coronavirus legislation, Biden's ability to enact his agenda hinged on the outcome of Georgia's two Senate run-offs.

US lawmakers were forced to flee after a pro-Trump mob breached the capitol building. After the session resumed, Republican Senator Mitch McConnell condemned a "failed insurrection".

Because of the uncertainty caused by COVID-19, UK festival organisers say they need government insurance support to save summer events such as Glastonbury.

Dan Eliasson had told Euronews he considered his Canary Islands trip to be "of personal importance" despite government advice against travelling abroad.

The Czech Republic is on a par with France when it comes to scepticism or hesitancy over taking vaccines.

BREAKING: UK registers more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths in latest 24-hour period

Ten opposition candidates have called for the annulment of the result, which saw President Faustin Archangel Touadéra re-elected.

One of the groups is supporting women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul who was jailed last month after being found guilty of spying and conspiring against the kingdom. But many believe she was arrested for campaigning for women’s right to dr...

Health Minister Jens Spahn blamed the slow start of Germany's #vaccine campaign on a global shortage of doses.

Officials say the hackers appeared to want to gather intelligence rather than cause disruption.

After two months of closed classrooms, Italian primary, middle and secondary school students return to the classrooms. But 50% of older student will still have to rely on distance learning.

The Romanian-language channel will be brought to millions of households in partnership with Universitatea Politehnica din București (UPB).

The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will broadcast in March due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.

53 former lawmakers and democracy activists were arrested in Hong Kong on Wednesday for allegedly violating a national security law imposed by Beijing.

The South African mutant is more infectious than the original COVID-19 and concerns are growing that it might not be blocked by existing jabs.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was “absolutely necessary” to maintain restrictions.

Kosovo police say that more than 40 people were injured on Tuesday in a suspected gas tank explosion in the town of Ferizaj.

A low-pressure system will be called 'Ahmet' in an effort to reflect the country's increasingly diverse population.

Democrats won both Georgia Senate seats, and with them, the US Senate majority.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's comments mark a rare critique of Beijing by the head of the World Health Organization.

United States President Donald Trump has been accused of undermining the electoral process in Georgia by sharing and amplifying false claims.

The boycott of Qatar by its Arab neighbours in 2017 was designed to weaken the country's emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, but it only emboldened the young leader and led to a surge of domestic support.

Surging cases of the virus and a heavy burden on health services require extremely strict social distancing, the UK's chief medical officers have advised.

In the first lockdown schools and colleges were given little more than 48 hours to set up remote education. This time they are much better prepared, according to the Association of School and College Leaders.

At least 944 deaths were reported on Tuesday, taking Germany's official coronavirus death toll to 35,518.

The four nations of the UK are up against a fast-spreading variant of COVID-19, which appears to reached all areas of the nation. Its strategy now relies mostly on the vaccine.

The UK has already decided to delay the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine so more people can get the first jab.

BREAKING: There is no hope of finding any more survivors from Norway's deadly landslide, say police. Three people are still unaccounted for, while seven others have died.

Alfredo Valencia, a Spanish citizen who has worked in Gibraltar for 12 years is cautiously celebrating the preliminary post-Brexit border agreement that he hopes is "going to knock down the Gibraltar Gate".

Norway became the world's first country where electric cars accounted for more than 50 percent of new vehicle registrations in 2020, according to an industry group.

Government responses to the pandemic have been very different across Europe and the UK's has been driven by populism, according to political strategist and author Alastair Campbell.

Foreign aid workers who fathered children abroad are being revealed by using publicly available DNA databases. Test cases in the Philippines found men from Australia, Canada, the US and Britain had fathered children in the country while doing foreign...

The US president and president-elect campaigned in Georgia before two Senate runoff elections that will determine what party leads the chamber.

The former Bond girl's agent and husband said on Sunday she had passed away in hospital - but corrected the record on Monday when they discovered she was still alive.

Is it as cut and dry as the more viral particles a person is exposed to when they are infected with COVID-19, the worse they will feel? Euronews breaks it down.

Electoral voters won by President-elect Joe Biden are "not gonna take this White House!” he shouted as supporters cheered at an outdoor rally in Georgia.

The latest maritime seizure by Iran came ahead of negotiations over Iranian assets frozen in South Korean banks and amid increased tensions with the West over its nuclear program.

A leaked telephone conversation has led to allegations that the U.S. president violated electoral law.

It is the first step towards ending a diplomatic crisis that has deeply divided regional allies since 2017.

Pavel Sheremet was killed by a car bomb in Kyiv in July 2016. His murder has never been solved.

A court in London has decided Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States after a long-running saga. Here's the back story.

Tensions persist between Croatia and Serbia after the devastating wars in the 1990s. But they have been put aside as the region unifies to help Zagreb after Tuesday's deadly earthquake.

Is Dan Eliasson Sweden's answer to Dominic Cummings?

All primary and secondary schools have been ordered to close and people told to stay at home.

Alan Rusbridger, the former editor-in-chief of the British newspaper, The Guardian, says the US case against Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange should be a concern to all journalists.

France has vaccinated just 516 people compared to thousands in other EU countries.