Will Trump emerge as the saviour for the Republican party as the House Speaker said the president-elect will now lead a “unified Republican government?”

New Zealand is about 8,000 miles from the US, but Americans are flocking there -- at least to the country’s immigration website.

A political group in California wants to opt out of a Donald Trump presidency by leaving the union.

A triumphant Donald Trump heads to the White House Thursday for talks with President Barack Obama on securing a smooth transition of power and steading nerves after an election that shocked the world.

Despite losing Tuesday's presidential election, Hillary Clinton appears to be on pace to win the popular vote, an ironic twist in an election in which her opponent repeatedly said the system was rigged against him.

The election of Donald Trump as the next US president has been met with disbelief and despondency on Wednesday among some United Nations officials and diplomats amid uncertainty surrounding his foreign policy and likely engagement with the world body.

Mexico says it would work with Donald Trump for the benefit of both nations after his surprise US election win, but reiterated it would not pay for his planned border wall, which stirred up deep resentment during a fraught presidential campaign.

A statement that the Trump campaign issued proposing a total ban on the immigration of Muslims to the United States has disappeared from the team's website.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte congratulated Donald Trump on his election win and said on Wednesday he now wishes to stop quarrelling with the United States, recalling his anger at the Obama administration for criticising him.

Asian shares rebound on Thursday and the dollar firms in a remarkable snapback from the shock of Republican Donald Trump's presidential victory, though the speed of the reversal leaves some market watchers scratching their heads.

Republican Donald Trump's presidential election victory all but dooms major Obama administration initiatives that are already tied up in legal challenges and gives him the chance to appoint a pivotal fifth conservative justice on the US Supreme Court.

Demonstrators marched in cities across the United States on Wednesday to protest against Republican Donald Trump's surprise US presidential election win, blasting his controversial campaign rhetoric about immigrants, Muslims and other groups.

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Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential contest could change America's relationship with the rest of the world in

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US President Barack Obama called Donald Trump, his newly-elected successor, yesterday to congratulate him on his victory and

The win of Trump who has called global warming a "hoax" alarmed environmentalists yesterday and raised questions about

Uncertainty spread across the Middle East following Donald Trump's US election win, with questions hanging over

Donald Trump's election as US president is the latest example of surging political populism fuelled by

They wore pantsuits to their polling places, emulating the preferred dress of their White House candidate. Some wept with