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Missing Cuba-bound aid boats located, crew reported safe

Missing Cuba-bound aid boats located, crew reported safe

Two sailboats that disappeared while taking humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba have been located by the Mexican Navy and the crews are safe, organizers and Mexican authorities said Saturday.

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Ignore our celebrations, we respect Bosnian team, says Italy's Dimarco

Ignore our celebrations, we respect Bosnian team, says Italy's Dimarco

Federico Dimarco insisted on Saturday that Italy respect Bosnia and Herzegovina, after he and team-mates were caught on camera celebrating when their opponents reached the World Cup qualifying final by beating Wales.

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Case closed for Morocco despite Senegal Afcon outrage

Case closed for Morocco despite Senegal Afcon outrage

Senegal may still possess the Africa Cup of Nations trophy and have launched a legal battle against the decision to strip them of it, but as far as new champions Morocco are concerned, the case is closed.

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22 migrants die off Greece after six days at sea: survivors

22 migrants die off Greece after six days at sea: survivors

Twenty-two migrants hoping to reach Europe from North Africa have died off the coast of Greece after six days at sea in a rubber boat, survivors told the Greek coastguard Saturday.

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Zelensky agrees air defence cooperation with UAE, Qatar on Gulf tour

Zelensky agrees air defence cooperation with UAE, Qatar on Gulf tour

Qatar and Ukraine signed a defence agreement on Saturday which includes cooperation on countering threats from missiles and drones, the Gulf state's government said, as Iran presses an aerial campaign against its neighbours.

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Henderson backs England's White after Wembley boos

Henderson backs England's White after Wembley boos

England midfielder Jordan Henderson pledged to support Ben White after the Arsenal defender was booed during Friday's friendly against Uruguay.

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Yemen's Houthi enter war as Iran strikes disrupt shipping

Yemen's Houthi enter war as Iran strikes disrupt shipping

Yemen's Houthi rebels announced their entry into the Middle East war on Saturday by launching a ballistic missile towards Israel, as the world struggled to contain the economic damage of a conflict now entering its second month.

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Zelensky visits UAE, Qatar for air security talks with Gulf

Zelensky visits UAE, Qatar for air security talks with Gulf

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that his country and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to cooperate on defence amid Iran's drone strikes across the Gulf, before heading to regional neighbour Qatar.

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Hollingsworth upsets Hunter Bell as Gout Gout fails to fire in Melbourne

Hollingsworth upsets Hunter Bell as Gout Gout fails to fire in Melbourne

Claudia Hollingsworth upset recently-crowned world indoor 1500m champion Georgia Hunter Bell in Melbourne on Saturday while Paris Olympic pole vault gold medallist Nina Kennedy made a triumphant return from injury.

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Iran footballers pay tribute to victims of school strike

Iran footballers pay tribute to victims of school strike

The Iran men's national team wore black armbands and posed with school rucksacks as the national anthem played before a match with Nigeria to remember the victims of a strike on a primary school in Iran on the first day of the Middle East war.

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