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Cohen added that his 'blind loyalty' to Trump 'led me to take a path of darkness instead of light'.

The man claimed to have used the word in a joking manner but his fiancée took it as an insult and filed a court case against him, the Khaleej Times reported.

The Strasbourg-based European Parliament was on lockdown after reports of the shooting emerged, with MEPs, staff and journalists unable to leave the building, an AFP reporter said.

Under the slogan 'Stop the bloody shirts', the demonstrators chanted as they marched through the city centre to condemn the assault on Borko Stefanovic, leader of the small Serbian Left party.

The 36-year-old was surfing near Scotts Head Beach some 490 kilometres (300 miles) north of Sydney in the morning when he was bitten.

Russia has denied interfering in the election to help Trump. President Trump tweeted, "After two years and millions of pages of documents (and a cost of over $30 million) no collusion!"

Robert Mueller, the special counsel heading up the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 vote said Cohen continued to provide "relevant and truthful information" to assist the probe.

The killings took place in March 2017 in the restive central Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

A motion by the main opposition Labour Party to find the government in contempt of parliament for failing to publish the advice was passed by 311 MPs in favour to 293 against.

Trump said his team of trade advisers led by China trade hawk US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, will determine whether a "REAL deal" with China was possible.

Attempting to do some damage control, Khan said the corridor opening was a straightforward decision.

Rajapaksa is seen as a hero by many among Sri Lanka’s Buddhist majority for ending a bloody war with Tamil rebels in 2009.

UN aid chief Mark Lowcock's comments came after renewed deadly clashes between Huthi rebels and pro-government forces in the Red Sea port city of Hodeida, which is vital for the flow of humanitarian aid.

Mohammed bin Salman also told associates last year that if he failed to persuade Khashoggi to return to Saudi Arabia, "we could possibly lure him outside Saudi Arabia and make arrangements".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi articulated five action points that would serve the common interest of promoting peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.

Donald Trump was meant to hold a one-on-one meeting with Vladimir Putin on Friday, but he abruptly cancelled, saying this was due to Washington's anger at a Russian navy assault on Ukrainian ships last weekend.