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.

The Israeli military struck three terrorists who were seen operating near IDF troops in the area of Netzarim, attempting to plant explosive devices on the ground, the IDF announced Saturday.

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.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko is visiting North Korea, North Korean state media KCNA said on Saturday.His trip takes place following a US proposal for a ceasefire in the Ukraine war where thousands of North Korean troops have been deployed to support Russian forces, according to Ukrainian, US and South Korean officials.Rudenko has been involved in developing Russian ties with North Korea since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. He was also a member of the Russian delegations at peace negotiations with Ukraine early in the war.KCNA reported that the deputy minister had visited a landmark monument in the capital Pyongyang but did not provide further details.More than 12,000 North Korean troops were in Russia, fighting against Ukrainian forces in the border region of Kursk, Dorothy Shea, then-deputy US Ambassador to the United Nations, told the U.N. Security Council in January.