US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump has reached 8 points following both parties’ presidential nominating conventions, a new poll shows.

According to the Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Sunday, Clinton  now leads Trump 50 percent to 42 percent among registered voters. The survey, carried out August 1-4, shows a twofold increase from what the Democrats held on the eve of the Republican convention in mid-July. Clinton also leads Trump 51 percent to 44 percent among likely voters who have not registered to vote yet, according to the poll.

With regards to a four-way race, which includes Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein, the former secretary of state is ahead of Trump 45 percent to 37 percent, with Johnson having 8 percent and Stein 4 percent, the poll indicates. She enjoyed a four percent lead in a four-way matchup before the Republican convention. The new poll is indicative of the fact that Clinton got a larger post-convention boost compared to what Trump received from his convention.

The survey also shows that 74 percent disapprove of the way Trump treated a Muslim American family whose son, Army Captain Humayun Khan, was killed in Iraq in 2004. Trump said that Ghazala Khan, the mother of the soldier, was silent during her husband’s speech at the DNC because she was not “allowed” to speak. The poll also shows that registered voters are unhappy with both Clinton and Trump.

“Almost 6 in 10 registered voters say they are dissatisfied with the choice between Clinton and Trump as the major-party candidates, virtually unchanged from mid-July,” according to the poll. A Gallup survey last month showed that 27 percent did not trust Clinton, 13 percent did not like her and eight percent considered her as a “criminal” or a “corrupt” person. About Trump, sixteen percent disliked him, 12 percent described him as an “idiot” or a “joke” and 10 percent as a “racist” or a “bigot,” the poll showed.

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A senior Iranian lawmaker says terrorism is backfiring on its supporters who are conspiring against the government in Syria. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, made the remark in a meeting with Syria’s Parliament Speaker Hadiyeh al-Abbas in Damascus on Wednesday, Syria’s official news agency, SANA, reported.

Boroujerdi praised victories achieved by the Syrian army in the war against terrorism in the Arab country. He expressed confidence that the Syrian army would emerge victorious over the foreign-backed militancy, pointing out that the war against Syria is a US-Israeli project. The US is backing, arming and financing terrorist groups but claims at the same time that it is fighting terrorism, the Iranian lawmaker noted.

Boroujerdi also underlined the strong historical relations between Syria and Iran, stressing that the bonds between the two countries cannot be broken. The Syrian speaker, for her part, lauded Iran’s support for her country. Abbas stressed that the long-standing strategic relations between Syria and Iran constitute a real guarantor for the future of the region in the face of Western and Israeli plots.

In a press statement following the meeting, Boroujerdi described his talks with Abbas as “very useful and constructive,” and reaffirmed Iran’s support for Syria in the face of terrorism. The senior Iranian parliamentarian arrived in Damascus on Wednesday after his official visit to Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, where he held talks with senior Lebanese officials, including Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil, Prime Minister Tammam Salam and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. In Beirut, Boroujerdi also held talks with Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on the latest political and security developments in the region.

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US President Barack Obama has issued a sharp criticism of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, calling him “unfit” to be president. Obama made the comments on Tuesday during a White House news conference with Singapore’s prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong, after Trump criticized an American Muslim family whose son was killed in Iraq.

Obama also challenged Republican leaders to withdraw support for Trump for his criticism of Khizr and Ghazala Khan, who appeared at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) last week.

During the DNC address, Khizr Khan denounced Trump as unpatriotic and selfish over his divisive rhetoric against immigrants and Muslims.

Trump responded, in part, by suggesting that Ghazala Khan, the mother of the fallen soldier, was silent during her husband’s speech at the DNC because she was not “allowed” to speak. Ghazala Khan said that she did not intend to speak during the convention because she would get emotional.

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US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is leading her Republican rival Donald Trump by six percentage points, according to a new poll. Nearly 41 percent of likely voters said they favored Clinton, while 35 percent expressed support for Trump, the Reuters/Ipsos poll found.

The bump in the numbers came a day after Clinton formally accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for the November election at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Clinton, a former first lady, senator and secretary of state, delivered a keynote speech at the Democratic convention on Thursday night, as she became the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. She criticized Trump throughout her nearly hour-long speech, and contrasted her policy agenda against that of her Republican opponent.

Clinton called Trump a threat to America, saying “a man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons.”Trump criticized Clinton’s upbeat address at the convention, saying he was ready for a fierce battle with her in the race for the White House.

“I’m starting to agree with you, frankly, no more Mr. Nice Guy,” he told his supporters Friday at a campaign event in Colorado. A Gallup poll released earlier this month found that Trump and Clinton are among the worst-rated presidential candidates of the last 70 years.

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US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has formally accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for the president of the United States. The former first lady, senator and secretary of state is the first female presidential nominee of a major US political party.

During her nomination speech on Thursday at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Clinton said she accepted her party’s presidential nomination “with humility.” “It is with humility, determination and boundless confidence in America’s promise that I accept your nomination for president of the United States,” Clinton declared.

Clinton promised to improve economic opportunities in the US and urged US voters to embrace four more years of a Democratic White House rather than elect her Republican rival Donald Trump.

Clinton will face Trump in the November presidential election. She criticized Trump throughout her nearly hour-long speech, and defined her policy agenda largely against that of her Republican opponent as she condemned his “bigotry.”

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Mrs Clinton has become the first woman to lead a major party ticket in the US. Delegations from all 50 states read their votes on the convention floor in Philadelphia.

The ballots for Arizona, which gave her enough delegates for nomination, were cast by a 102-year-old woman, born before women had the right to vote so as to celebrate what the Western media portrayed as a “historic” moment for women.

Sanders supporters disrupted the first day of the convention, often booing and jeering pro-Clinton speakers.