The outcome of the US presidential election hangs in the balance as nine states continue to count ballots, including some of the most competitive battleground states where the tally could take days to complete. Here is the state of play in the nine states. The vote counts are supplied by Edison Research.

The Myanmar President Office yesterday hit back at the army chief for criticising the government’s handling of an upcoming general election, warning that his remarks risked creating fear and unrest, just days away from the vote.

Democratic candidate Joe Biden was back as clear favorite to win the US presidential election in online betting markets yesterday, a reversal of fortune for President Donald Trump who had been favored overnight.

The United States formally exited the Paris Agreement yesterday, fulfilling an old promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter from the global pact to fight climate change.

As the US presidential race remained undecided, President Donald Trump showed some surprising gains with Latino and other nonwhite voters, but they may have been offset by losses among those who supported him four years ago, according to exit polls conducted by Edison Research.

The United States has agreed to sell four armed MQ-9 Reaper drones to Taiwan, the State Department announced Tuesday, helping to boost the island’s defenses as China steps up its threats.

One of India’s top TV news anchors, Arnab Goswami, was arrested by police in Mumbai yesterday for alleged abetment of suicide in a case registered in 2018, his channel said in a statement.

The US Postal Service told a judge it could not complete his order to sweep mail processing facilities on Tuesday afternoon for delayed election ballots and immediately dispatch any for delivery in about a dozen states, including closely fought battlegrounds Pennsylvania and Florida.

A day after Americans voted in a bitterly contested election, the rest of the world was none the wiser yesterday, with millions of votes still to count, the race too close to call and a mounting risk of days or even weeks of legal uncertainty.

The scenario many had feared has come true: November 3 has come and gone and we don’t know whether Trump or Joe Biden has won the White House. Here’s the current state of play and a preview of what to expect.

Turkey has ended search and rescue efforts in the rubble of buildings that collapsed as a result of the strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea, after the death toll crept up to 116 in the western city of Izmir and a Greek island.

Hopes fading for Senate control, Democrats have had a disappointing election night as Republicans swatted down an onslaught of challengers and fought to retain their fragile majority. Several races have remained undecided and at least one headed to a runoff in January.

A day after Americans voted in a bitterly contested election, the rest of the world is none the wiser, with millions of votes still to count, the race too close to call and a mounting risk of days or even weeks of legal uncertainty.

Saudi Arabia announces new plans to ease foreign workers’ contractual restrictions, improving a controversial seven-decade-old sponsorship system known as kafala.

The United States has formally exited the Paris Agreement, fulfilling an old promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw the world's second-largest greenhouse gas emitter from the global pact to fight climate change.

Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum said Tuesday he had received an experimental coronavirus vaccine, becoming the latest United Arab Emirates official to take part in the trials.

Two Austrians of Turkish descent -- Recep Tayyip Gultekin and Mikail Ozen -- were honoured at Turkey's Embassy in Vienna, Austria on Tuesday for saving the lives of a police officer and two women during the attack on Monday night, says Turkish state international news channel TRT World.

The two contenders split the first U.S. states to be projected in the White House race, with conservative states like Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee going to Trump and Democratic-leaning Massachusetts, Vermont and Virginia going to Biden, according to projections by television networks and Edison Research. But in Florida, widely seen by voting experts as a must-win state for Trump in his quest for the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency, Trump was leading Biden 50.5% to 48.5% based on about 90% of the estimated total votes.

The FBI is looking into a spate of mysterious robocalls urging people to stay home on Election Day as the nation remains on high alert to ensure voting is not compromised, a Department of Homeland Security official has said.

In the 2020 US general election, The Associated Press will declare winners in more than 7,000 races – starting with the White House and reaching down the ballot to every seat in every state legislature.