A military adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader has said that Iranian Armed Forces launchers are ready to strike US warships, claiming they are capable of sinking them.

A U.S. official told Axios that several U.S. Navy ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will deploy eight frigates, two amphibious helicopter carriers, and the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to the eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea as part of a defensive strategy.

France will deploy two frigates to the Red Sea as part of the European Union’s Aspides naval mission, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday.

The interception and shadowing of Russian naval vessels in the English Channel by the Royal Navy has become a routine feature of Europe’s contemporary security landscape. What once would have been considered an exceptional event is now a recurring element of day-to-day military activity. Although such episodes often generate dramatic headlines, they rarely signal an imminent crisis. Rather, they reflect a deeply institutionalized system of surveillance, deterrence, and strategic signaling that has taken shape across Europe over the past decade.

The agreement is part of a broader plan to build a fleet of at least 13 anti-submarine vessels designed for joint operations in northern Europe.

Venezuela has deployed warships and drones to patrol its Caribbean coastline as tensions escalate with the United States, which has sent a naval squadron toward the country under the banner of combating drug cartels.

Yemen’s Houthis launched an attack on US warships in the Red Sea, including the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, according to a statement by Yahya Saree, a representative of the armed forces formed by the Houthis.