Republican Donald Trump has won the U.S. presidency with at least 290 electoral votes, securing more than the 270 he needed to succeed Barack Obama.

It was a crushing defeat for his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, who now has 228 electoral votes after U.S. television networks projected Wednesday she had won the northern state of Minnesota.

Amnesty International on Wednesday urged U.S. president-elect Donald Trump to commit to upholding human rights, criticizing his "poisonous rhetoric" following the Republican candidate's election victory.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged Wednesday to work "very closely" with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, congratulating him on his surprise victory in the U.S. elections.

"Canada has no closer friend, partner, and ally than the United States," Trudeau said in a statement.

Catastrophe, tragedy, humiliation. The world's press reacted with shock at the astonishing election victory of Donald Trump, describing the U.S. president-elect as "dangerous" and unpredictable.

She lost to Barack Obama in the Democratic primaries in 2008. Now she has been humiliated in her second bid for the presidency by political novice and former TV reality show host Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton will go down in history as a woman of frustrated ambitions.

Chinese greeted Donald Trump's victory with a mix of optimism and bemusement Wednesday, unsure how the U.S. president-elect who demonized their country on the campaign trail would approach it once in office.

Where Donald Trump is brash and tough-talking, Mike Pence is deft and disciplined. 

And as the billionaire and political novice takes the reins at the White House from Barack Obama come January, Pence will bring precious Washington experience to the table as the new vice president.

Barack Obama and his vanquished would-be successor Hillary Clinton sought Wednesday to heal the wounds opened by the most acrimonious U.S. election in memory, as they assured President-elect Donald Trump that Americans were "rooting" for his success.

Despite the bitter rhetoric, insults and political jabs that tarnished the long campaign, the top Democrats made clear they now sought a smooth and orderly transition in the world's largest economy.

When Donald Trump glided down an escalator in Trump Tower in June 2015 with his wife Melania and announced his bid for the White House, he was probably the only one in the room who thought he could win.

Seventeen months later, the 70-year-old Republican billionaire tycoon and former reality TV star who has never held public office has, against all odds, been elected the 45th U.S. president.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said there was "no possibility" of its nuclear deal with world powers being overturned by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump despite his threat to rip it up.