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  • Republican John McCain. Photo Courtesy: AP
    Republican leader John McCain made an unscheduled visit to India on Tuesday and asked Pakistan to offer cooperation “as quickly and efficiently as possible” over the Mumbai terrorist massacre.
  • Barack Obama with John McCain. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    US President-elect Barack Obama and his defeated Republican rival John McCain on Monday pledged a "new era of reform" to solve the US economic crisis, transform energy policy and safeguard national security.
  • File Photo of US President-elect Barack Obama with Senator Hillary Clinton.
    Intense speculation flared over reports that US president-elect Barack Obama is weighing former Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton to be a heavy-hitting secretary of state.
  • Barack Obama speaking at the AIPAC policy conference. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    Barack Obama attracted great support from Jewish voters in his run for the US presidency despite the controversy surrounding the Democrat's alleged links with Islam, according to political analysts.
  • Republican presidential candidate John McCain concedes defeat. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    Republican White House nominee John McCain today conceded defeat and congratulated his Democratic rival Barack Obama for his "historic victory" in the hard-fought US Presidential polls.
  • Barack Obama with John McCain. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    Barack Obama has accepted John McCain's concession and has asked his Republican rival for help in leading the country.
  • US president elect, Barack Obama with his running mate, Joe Biden in Chicago. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    A triumphant Barack Obama vowed to be a president for all America, even those who voted against him, and asked for patience to address America's problems of war and finance, which the called the greatest challenges of a lifetime.
  • Republican John McCain. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    McCain stepped out of a sport-utility vehicle on Tuesday morning with wife Cindy as a small crowd cheered "Go, John, go!" and "We love you!" One person carried a sign that read, "Use your brain, vote McCain!"
  • Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Photo Courtesy: AP
    Obama arrived at his precinct in Chicago shortly after 7:30 CST on Tuesday. His wife, Michelle, and their young daughters accompanied him as he received a ballot and went to a polling station.
  • Americans opened the voting in their historic election on Tuesday. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Americans opened the voting in their historic election on Tuesday, with front-running Democrat Barack Obama seeking to become the first black president and his Republican rival John McCain hoping for a poll-defying comeback.
  • Barack Obama with John McCain. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    Every presidential election is for the history books. This one is for the ages. On the Democratic side, the first black nominee of either major party is bidding to become the first black president.
  • Newly elected US president, Barack Obama. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    It's a nightmare scenario for Democrats - their nominee Barack Obama winning the popular vote while Republican John McCain ekes out an Electoral College victory. But anything can happen in America.
  • Election merchandise featuring US presidential rivals, Barack Obama and John McCain. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    Democrat Barack Obama's bid to become the first black president faced the final test of his remarkable two-year journey on Tuesday, while Republican John McCain pressed for an Election Day upset.
  •  US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Front-runner Barack Obama and his comeback-seeking White House rival John McCain on Monday dashed through critical states in a frenetic final day blitz on the eve of the historic US elections.
  • Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama with his family. Photo Courtesy: AP
    White House rivals Barack Obama and John McCain on Sunday hurled themselves into a Herculean final 48 hours of campaigning before their date with destiny in the historic US election.
  • Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (2L), Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    Warring White House rivals Barack Obama and John McCain hurled themselves into a Herculean last 48 hours of campaigning before their date with destiny in Tuesday's election.
  • Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama acknowledges the crowd in Washington. Photo Courtesy: AP.
    Counting down to Election Day, Barack Obama appears within reach of becoming the nation's first black president as the epic campaign draws to a close against a backdrop of economic crisis and lingering war. John McCain, the battle-scarred warrior, holds out hope for a Truman-beats-Dewey-style upset.
  • Republican presidential candidate John McCain with California Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    Arnold Schwarzenegger, muscleman-turned-actor-turned-politician, called on Barack Obama to beef up his his policies - and his body - at a high-voltage campaign rally for Republican John McCain.
  • Republican presidential candidate John McCain is joined by Arnold Schwarzenegger in Ohio. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    Despite John McCain's prediction of an upset, Barack Obama reached for a landslide on Friday, invading his rival's home state with TV ads and building a lead in early voting in key battlegrounds as the presidential race headed into a hectic final weekend.
  • John McCain, US Republican Presidential candidate
    Republican John McCain sought to revive his White House campaign in the symbolically named Ohio town of Defiance as grim new figures suggesting the US economy was sliding into recession boosted his Democratic rival Barack Obama.
  • Republican presidential candidate Arizona Senator John McCain. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    Fading in the polls, John McCain fought Barack Obama for support in economically hard-hit Ohio on Monday, each man pledging to right the economy and turn the page on the Bush era in a state with an impressive record for picking presidents.
  • A "Barack-o'-lantern" in New York. Photo Courtesy: AFP
    US Democrats won't be frightened this Halloween -- not with "Barack-o'-lanterns" burning, as youthful Democrats are replacing the pumpkin's traditionally triangular eyes and crooked mouth with the likeness of Obama.
  • US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. Photo Courtesy: AP
    White House front-runner Barack Obama traded barbs with John McCain over their plans for the stricken US economy as the presidential campaign entered its final full week.
  • Barack Obama with John McCain. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    Democrat Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has opened up an eight-point lead over his rival John McCain in the traditional Republican stronghold of Virginia.
  • Barack Obama, Democratic vice presidential candidate. Photo Courtesy: AFP.
    Republican John McCain declared "I'm going to win it," dismissing polls showing him behind with little more than a week to go in the presidential race, while a confident Barack Obama drew a jaw-dropping 100,000 people to a single rally.
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