Elections

US President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney are holding meetings throughout the country a few hours before Election Day.

US President Barack Obama is leading on Republican candidate Mitt Romney in several decisive swing states recent polls show.

US Republican candidate Mitt Romney defends Mormon faith and speaks about abortion in a video posted on YouTube

Irish bookmakers paid out on all bets that President Barack Obama will win a second term in office before votes have been counted

Live coverage of the US presidential election for 2012. Barack Obama has been re-elected President of the USA

Improved US jobs data fails to cheer

Nikkei trades 0.29 percent lower while KOSPI is down 0.38 percent. Shanghai and Hang Seng index gain 0.60 and 1.33 percent.

While a Reuters/Ipsos poll predicts an edge for Obama, an ABC News/Washington Post poll gives each of the contestants 48%.

Tehran halts uranium enrichment programme at critical 20 percent hoping for lifting of sanctions.

With opinion polls predicting a close call, Obama and Romney continue their focus on swing states, especially Ohio, which holds the key to the White House.

Opinion polls give Obama a slight edge over Romney, but both contenders are banking on swing states such as Ohio and Wisconsin.

Several prominent publications have decided to back Obama because of Romney's policy schizophrenia has undermined his creditbility.

As the 18th Party Congress prepares to anoint a new leadership, China expert Jonathan Fenby warns of the potential of nationalism undermining economic progress for the new superpower.

Why Not Ask 'Bronco Bamma and Mitt Romney' tantrum girl Abigael Evans

Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals US economy added 171,000 new jobs in October.

Bloomberg says devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy has brought climate change issue 'into sharp relief'.

Cathal Gilbert looks at technologies being used by activists and discovers that many of most innovative ideas have come out of Africa.

4.5 million people are facing chronic fuel and power problems with chronic congestion in New York.

Washington Republican congressional candidate John Koster comment on abortion and rape risks alienating women voters from Mitt Romney.

Bill Gross, chairman of the world's biggest bond fund, excoriates US politics and policy as he warns of "financial repression"

Nikkei trades 0.08 percent higher while Shanghai and Hang Seng index gain 0.90 and 0.27 percent. KOSPI slid 0.95 percent.

US President Barack Obama and New Jersey governor Chris Christie visit regions hit by superstorm Sandy and promise all the help needed to rebuild.

Battleground state of Ohio focus of row between Jeep/Chrysler and Republican candidate.

Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie praises Obama while Mitt Romney struggles in hurricane aftermath.

Salafist leader Adel Afifi demands hardline Islamist laws for Egypt's post-revolution constitution.

Mitt Romney become the target of Twitter mockery under the hashtag #RomneyStormTips as Deomcrats savaged his plans to break-up the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have decided to focus on relief measures rather than on election campaign.

Super-storm Sandy causes severe flooding in lower Manhattan leaving up to three million people without electricity.

Early results suggest Yanukovych's party has beaten opposition bloc led by jailed Yulia Tymoshenko, with Vitali Klitschko's Punch party coming in fourth.

Sandy is expected to gain further strength before making landfall anywhere between Maryland and Southern England.