The IDF's Paran Brigade thwarted an attempt to smuggle weapons from Egypt into Israel on Saturday after they identified a drone that was smuggling them, the military announced.The drone was promptly shot down by Israeli forces, and then recovered Kalashnikov-style weapons at the scene.The weapons were then transferred to Israel Police.This is a developing story.

Three Syrians were killed, and 12 were injured in a blast in the port city of Latakia, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency said on Saturday afternoon.According to Al Arabiya, the explosion occurred due to a malfunctioning missile stored in a "scrapstore" in the city.This is a developing story.

NASA and SpaceX on Friday launched a long-awaited crew to the International Space Station that will let them bring home US astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who have been stuck on the orbital lab for nine months.SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 7:03 p.m. ET (2303 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying four astronauts who will replace Wilmore and Williams, both of whom are veteran NASA astronauts and retired US Navy test pilots and were the first to fly Boeing's BA.N Starliner capsule to the ISS in June.But problems with Starliner's propulsion system during the flight forced an extension of their planned eight-day stay as NASA deemed it too risky for them to fly home on the craft, which returned to Earth empty in September.Otherwise a routine crew rotation flight, Friday's Crew-10 mission is also a long-awaited key step to bring the astronaut duo back to Earth. They are scheduled to depart the station on March 19 after the Crew-10 astronauts arrive Saturday night.The mission has become entangled in politics as President Donald Trump and his adviser Elon Musk, who is also SpaceX's CEO, say without evidence that former President Joe Biden left the astronauts on the station for political reasons.

Multiple Russian military planes entered South Korea's air defense zone on Saturday, South Korea's joint chiefs of staff said on Saturday.The Russian planes entered the Korean Air Defense Identification Zone on the east coast off South Korea, and left the zone, the joint chiefs of staff said in a statement.But they did not violate South Korea's airspace, the statement said.

Discussions on the continuation of a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal have failed, Hamas and Palestinian officials told BBC Arabic on Saturday.Talks were carried out throughout the weekend, with an Israeli delegation visiting Doha for talks, while a Hamas delegation visited Cairo for updates on the negotiations. Dr. Tarek Fahmy, a professor of political science, told the BBC that despite a lack of movement in talks, he does not believe fighting will continue in the same capacity it did before the recent ceasefire.Fahmy stressed he believed "there will be no resumption of the war, despite reports that Israel is preparing to launch qualitative strikes" after the ceasefire expires.

Three people were killed in Missouri as a series of tornadoes hit the US Midwest and southeast overnight, raking a path of destruction that was still being assessed early on Saturday, police said.At least 26 tornadoes were reported but not confirmed to have touched down late on Friday night and early on Saturday as a low pressure system drove powerful thunderstorms across parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi and Missouri, said David Roth, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center."Today there is a high risk for more tornadoes across Alabama and Mississippi, the chance is 30%," he said. "That's pretty significant."Two of the tornado deaths occurred in southern Missouri in the Bakersfield area of Ozark County, about four hours south of Kansas City, and a third death was reported in Butler County, the Missouri State Highway Patrol and other officials said.Some people were injured, the highway patrol reported, but no numbers were immediately available.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "verbal onslaught on the Shin Bet" is "abhorrent" and a "scandal," former director of the security agency Yaakov Peri told KAN Reshet B on Saturday. "The Shin Bet is responsible for Israeli democracy and the prime minister's protection, as well as his family's," Peri added. "It is conceivable that the prime minister and it would be on opposite sides of the barricade."