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Trump: US presidential election might be "rigged"

Tuesday, 02 August 2016 1:37 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 02 August 2016 1:38 PM ]

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on August 1, 2016 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. (AFP)

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

The trial for prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been postponed. The trial which was due to be held on Tuesday, has been put off until September. Rajab was arrested for accusing the Manama regime of torturing detainees and complicity in the killing of civilians in the Saudi war in Yemen.
Turkey says July’s failed military coup has cost the country’s economy one-hundred billion dollars. Customs and Commerce Minister Bulent Tufenkchi said heavy destruction at the night of the coup plus using warplanes, choppers, and all sorts of weaponry have caused the enormous financial loss.
China launches massive live-fire naval maneuvers in the East China Sea. Chinese Defense Ministry says the drills, which began on Monday, involve firing dozens of missiles and torpedoes. The development comes after an international arbitration tribunal rejected Chinese territorial claims to the South China Sea last month. Beijing has dismissed the ruling.
Typhoon Nida has hit Hong Kong, bringing violent winds and torrential rains. Hundreds of flights were cancelled and the stock market, schools and businesses were closed. The storm headed across southern China, with the city of Guangzhou issuing its first-ever red storm alert.
Flooding from heavy monsoon rains in India has taken almost 100 lives. Dozens of districts in the states of Bihar, Assam and Himachal Pradesh have been affected by constant downpours. Now about a million people have taken shelter in government-run relief camps.
The bodies of up to 120 refugees have washed up on Libyan shores in the past ten days. The International Organization for Migration said over 4,000 refugees have died worldwide so far this year, three-quarters of them in the Mediterranean while trying to reach Europe.
The president of Venezuela's national election council says the opposition has pushed further in its drive to oust President Nicolas Maduro through a recall referendum. Tibisay Lucena also called for a judicial probe into the government's allegations of some voter identity fraud during the process of authenticating signatures in June.
US Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump has cast doubt on the sincerity of the results of the upcoming November election, saying it might be rigged. Trump told his supporters in Columbus, Ohio that he has been hearing time and again that the presidential vote may not be contested fairly.