Donald Trump formally accepts US presidential nomination

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• Business mogul Donald Trump has formally accepted the US Republican Party’s nomination for the November presidential election. Trump, in his address to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, has pledged to work with Israel, America’s closest ally in the Middle East. He also said he would improve the US economy if elected.
• The campaign for US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has hit back at Donald Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention. Clinton’s campaign leader John Podesta says Trump’s rhetoric was divisive and painted a dark picture of the United States which is on the fall. 
• The US Justice Department has begun legal proceedings against a Pennsylvania community over its alleged discrimination against Muslims. Bensalem Township is being sued over its refusal to grant Muslims permit to build a mosque on a lawful land. 
• Turkish President Rejeb Tayyip Erdogan says the current state of emergency in the country could be extended if necessary. Erdogan added that Turkey’s armed forces will go through a major overhaul in the wake of last Friday's failed coup. He also warned of a probable new coup attempt. 
• The European Union has criticized the Turkish government’s crackdown following the failed military coup in the country. In a joint statement, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn slammed Ankara’s measures in the fields of education, judiciary and media as unacceptable. 
• The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its forecast for global economic growth for this year and 2017 over the uncertainty looming over international trades in the wake of the Brexit. IMF Chief Christine Lagarde has urged British officials to speed up the process of leaving the European Union.
• Violent protests rage on in the French capital Paris over the death of a young man in police custody. Angry crowds took to the streets in the northern suburbs of Paris and set over a dozen police cars ablaze. Police arrested nine people and reportedly raided two buildings in one of the neighborhoods.
• Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of supporting anti-Damascus terrorists. Assad also accused some western countries, including the US, the UK and France of endorsing and supervising the support for terrorists. President Assad described the war on Aleppo as terrorists’ last card.

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