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When the victory celebrations are over, the new US president will face a growing pile of issues to tackle in his foreign policy in-tray. Channel 4 News looks at those likely to be top of the list.
Matt Frei
In the swing state of Florida – the scene is set for the third presidential debate, where both candidates are grappling with the dilemma of how best to champion America’s fortunes abroad.
Israeli troops take control of a boat carrying pro-Palestinian MPs and activists who are trying to pass through its naval blockade on the Gaza Strip.
As one of the earliest countries to experience revolution in the Arab Spring, and one of the first to move towards stability, Egypt’s first leader post-Mubarak has been in the international spotlight.
Israeli jets reportedly fly low over southern Lebanon in show of strength after an unmanned drone crossed into Israeli airspace.
A host of leaders from the Middle East used the platform of the UN General Assembly to criticise Israel in a series of speeches.
They’re behind in the polls, beleaguered in the press, stumbling to present a coherent message. Now key insiders in Mitt Romney’s campaign are searching for someone to blame.
An Israeli court rules that the death of an American activist crushed to death by an army bulldozer in the Gaza Strip, was a “regrettable accident”, absolving the army of any blame for her death.
Egypt launches air strikes near its border with Israel, killing more than 20 suspected Islamic militants blamed for a deadly attack on Egyptian border police, according to reports.
As the regime seeks to regain control of Aleppo, Syria’s commercial hub, fighting also flares again in the capital Damascus where another massacre is alleged to have taken place.
The deaths of 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team at the hands of Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Games have overshadowed the security arrangements of every Olympics since.
Troops with machine guns opened fire on rebels in Syria’s northwest commercial hub of Aleppo on Saturday amid reports of sniper fire and clashes in Damascus overnight.
Yasser Arafat’s body will be exhumed, the Palestinian National Authority agrees, in order to explore allegations that he was poisoned with polonium-210.
Alex Thomson
Ahead of his departure from Syria where the battle to oust President Bashar al-Assad rages, Channel 4 News’ chief correspondent Alex Thomson delivers his final dispatch.
Experts believe a computer worm that has collected information from computers across the Middle East is the creation of state-sponsored engineers.