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

Fed up with Washington and feeling left behind, supporters of Republican Donald Trump upended the US

President Obama delivers a speech from the White House, following one of the most shocking US elections in modern political history.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivers remarks to staff and supporters at a hotel in Manhattan, US.

Dhaka dwellers express their instant reaction as Donald Trump wins the American election to become the 45th President of the United States.

US President Barack Obama calls Donald Trump, his newly-elected successor, to congratulate him on his victory and invites him to the White House for talks.

Here is a timeline of Hillary Clinton's dream to become the President of the United States of America coming to an end.

The most controversial presidential elections in the history of the United States closed with the billionaire business tycoon Donald J Trump being elected as the 45th President of the country.

World leaders including Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Theresa May, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Donald Trump on winning the US presidency.

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated businessman Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election in a telegram on Wednesday, the Kremlin said.

Donald Trump says he will bind the nation's deep wounds and be a president "for all Americans".

A stony silence cast a pall early Wednesday over what was meant to be Hillary Clinton's presidential victory party as, one by one, states turns Republican red for Donald Trump.

The bafflement and bewilderment among the saner heads are now widespread as the US election results show Trump has triumphed.

Canada's main immigration website appears to suffer repeated outages as Trump takes the lead in several major states and his prospects for winning the US presidency turns markedly higher.

Republican Donald Trump scores a series of surprising wins in battleground states including Florida and Ohio, opening a path to the White House for the political outsider and rattling world markets counting on a win by Democrat Hillary Clinton.

European shares fall at the open after Republican nominee and political outsider Donald Trump won the US presidential election, bringing uncertainty which roiled global markets.

Donald Trump is US President elect winning 276 Electoral College votes while Democrat Hillary Clinton gets 218, according to The Guardian.

Republican White House nominee Donald Trump makes a last-minute appeal to voters to turn out, saying the election was "far from over," just a few hours before the first East Coast polling stations close.

Social media jokes about Donald Trump "peeking" at his wife's ballot, Obama shoots hoops and the "sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits" is revived. Here are some snippets from around the United States on Election Day.