Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Nov. 9

U.S. Republican Donald Trump defeated his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's presidential election, pulling a major upset after a controversial and scandalous campaign cycle.

According to projections by major TV networks, Trump has surpassed the threshold of 270 out of the total 538 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. (US-Elections)

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DAMASCUS -- Airstrikes by the U.S-led anti-terror coalition killed at least 16 people in Syria's northern province of al-Raqqa, a monitor group reported on Wednesday.

The airstrikes marked the first civilian killing by the coalition since the beginning of a new campaign supported by the coalition and led on ground by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) rebels against the Islamic State (IS) capital in al-Raqqa, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Syria-Airstrikes)

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LONDON -- Investigators in London are looking into a tram derailment which police had described as a "serious incident" after dozens were injured.

The overturn, which happened early Wednesday, injured 40 people and initially trapped five others. (Britain-Tram-Incident)

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TEHRAN -- In a bus accident in the southern Fars province of Iran on Tuesday evening, 28 people were killed, official IRNA agency reported on Wednesday.

According to the reports, the passenger bus was carrying 40 pilgrims from Iran's central city of Yazd to the Iraqi city of Karbala to attend the religious ceremony of Arba'een. (Iran-Car accident) Endi