According to a release from U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), at the direction of SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) interdicted a vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean that was operating as a refueling station for illicit at-sea drug trafficking operations. Per the release, the vessel was operating for the Los Choneros designated narco-terrorist organization. After apprehending the people onboard and turning them over to the Ecuadorian authorities, the vessel was sunk.

Tensions between the Houthis in Yemen and Saudi Arabia are rapidly escalating following a major Houthi missile and drone attack on southern Saudi Arabia that injured at least 73 people, including women and children.

NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) data shows new thermal anomalies at the Saudi Aramco refinery in Jazan.

The Houthis claimed the attacks were retaliation for 121 Saudi airstrikes against Houthi controlled areas of Yemen over the previous three days. The group said its strikes targeted Aramco facilities in Jazan, Abha and Najran, as well as Khamis Mushait Air Base.

The escalation comes after some of the heaviest fighting in Yemen since the fragile 2022 truce, with Saudi-backed Yemeni forces conducting a growing number of airstrikes against Houthi positions.

The cycle of Saudi airstrikes and Houthi attacks on Saudi territory and energy infrastructure now risks developing into a broader Saudi/Houthi conflict, with potentially significant implications for regional energy markets and Red Sea shipping.

UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced sanctions today against Israeli settlers, following a rash of attacks and actions fomented by the settlers in recent weeks in the West Bank. Export and import controls will be placed on goods originating from Israeli settlements that they deem to be illegal. Companies that supply and aid in the construction of settlements will also fall under these sanctions.

According to Iranian news outlets, the IRGC is now claiming to have shot down a U.S. MQ-9 “Reaper” Medium-Altitude Unmanned Aerial Vehicle over Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Romania’s intelligence service, SRI, has issued a temporary shelter in place order due to falling objects.

According to the Kremlin Press Pool, and Russian news outlets, U.S. President Donald J. Trump has held his expected call today with Russian President Vladimir Putin, following a weekend of trilateral Ukraine-U.S.-Russia negotiations.

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov gave a statement to Russian press outlets on the call between U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin today. Aside from regurgitating a number of Kremlin talking points, per Ushakov, the two spoke on the potential for future detainee transfers between the two nations.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on 36 entities tied to Iran’s aviation sector, adding them to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List.

The designations target 27 Iranian airlines and aviation related entities, as well as foreign companies accused of providing cargo, logistics, procurement and other support to Iran’s aviation industry. Treasury says the sector is used by Tehran to move weapons, personnel and illicit cargo.

The action is part of the Trump administration’s broader “Operation Economic Outcast” campaign to further isolate Iran economically.

Iran’s IRGC has claimed to have captured a U.S. autonomous undersea vehicle (AUV) today in the Strait of Hormuz. Notably, the system appears to be an Anduril Dive-LD, which has been delivered to the Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Squadron 1 (UUVRON-1), but none have been confirmed to be in the Fifth Fleet AOR. If true, it would confirm their use in the AOR.

Amidst ongoing Houthi strikes against Saudi energy infrastructure and civilian targets, a number of alerts have been issued for the Jazan, Abha, and Najran areas of Saudi Arabia, with recent updates indicating that the alerts from Jazan have now been lifted.

According to Reuters, following the IRGC’s claim that a U.S. Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) was captured near the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official has said that an AUV did in fact malfunction more than a day ago.

Several explosions have been heard in the vicinity of Iran’s Kharg Island, amidst reports of U.S. airstrikes along the coast of Iran.