The US has levelled an extraordinary threat against Russia admitting it has laid the groundwork for a devastating cyber assault against the country.

COMMENT: I've covered the campaign for the last two years. I don't know for sure what Wednesday's results will bring.

If Donald J Trump wins the US election on Wednesday, your impulse may be to cry, scream or start building your bunker.

COMMENT: Chris Reed joins Donald Trump fans - and Democrat protesters - at one of the last Republican rallies ahead of the 2016 election.

A month after Hurricane Matthew blasted through southwestern Haiti, at least 800,000 people need food urgently.

It was cuteness overload at US president Barack Obama's last Halloween celebration at the White House this week.

What happens to the social media accounts fronted by outgoing US President Barack Obama after the election?

Thousands of US servicemen have been told to pay back enlistment bonuses, a decade after signing up for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

COMMENT: Are you delighted? Are you thrilled? Are you scared might happen if Donald Trump wins?

President Barack Obama lashed out at Donald Trump's increasing claims that the presidential election is rigged, saying it undermines the US's democracy.

Eerie images show a series of disc-shaped holes appearing in the sky. What does it mean?

COMMENT: With the first Presidential Debate done for 2016, here's some independent advice for the major party candidates ahead of round two.

If you're expecting Donald Trump to be his usual controversial self in today's first presidential debate, prepare to be surprised.

COMMENT: The science is clear: we must rapidly transition from fossil fuel energy. But industry won't let this happen without a fight.

Hillary Clinton abruptly left a September 11 memorial service in New York after suffering a "medical episode".

George W Bush's reaction to the 9/11 attacks in America has been detailed in full for the first time by his press secretary.

Since 2012, Dotcom, who founded the file-sharing website Megaupload, has been fighting extradition from New Zealand to the United States on piracy charges.

Islamic State has suffered a blow after the leader of the group's Afghanistan and Pakistan branches was killed in a US drone strike, the Pentagon says.

The popularity of the current first lady could help Clinton connect with female voters in swing-state suburbs as well as with minority voters in US cities.

In both theme and target audience, Trump offered a powerful echo of Richard Nixon almost 50 years ago.

The visit of Barack Obama's number two to New Zealand will be a family affair.

Kurt Sonnenfeld is on the run. He says the US government wants to keep him quiet about what he saw on 9/11.

Lydia DePillis asks if all the secrecy around the Trans-Pacific Partnership is really worth the price.

Hillary Clinton has fallen silent on the TPP, an interesting departure from her statements as the nation's top diplomat.

Atriumphant Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be on a new collision course with Barack Obama after the US President bluntly restated his belief in a Palestinian state and criticised the Israeli leader's election campaign tactics.

Hillary Clinton has attempted to defuse a growing crisis over her controversial use of a private email account while Secretary of State, explaining that she had opted not to use a government email address as a "matter of convenience".

Saudi officials deny they blurred out US First Lady Michelle Obama, but her decision not to wear a headscarf, and don blue, not black at the late King's funeral, is controversial.

A hapless United States government worker was apparently responsible for a small drone that crashed on the White House grounds early yesterday.

Making his sixth State of the Union address today, US President Barack Obama will look straight past his party's rout in November's congressional elections to throw down the gauntlet to the Republican majority on raising taxes on the rich.