US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that a US submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters after Sri Lanka’s Navy said it rescued more than two dozen people from an Iranian vessel that was sunk off its shoreline.

Seventy-four retired U.S. generals and admirals publicly endorse joint military operations with Israel targeting Iran's regional threats and capabilities.

The United States and Ecuador carried out a joint military operation against “designated terrorist organizations in Ecuador,” though the U.S. role was limited to advising Ecuadorian troops, and they did not participate in the actual ground operation, a source familiar with the operation told ABC News.

Iranian bombers came within minutes of striking the largest military base housing US troops in the Middle East before Qatari planes shot them down, two sources briefed on the operation told CNN.

The war between Iran and the United States is rapidly intensifying to include other countries, including Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

A U.S. Navy submarine sank an Iranian warship in international waters, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday, the first such sinking of an enemy ship since World War II.

Sri Lanka's navy says around 140 people are feared missing after a military vessel went down off its southern coast.

Sri Lanka said its navy rescued 32 survivors after a U.S. torpedo sunk Iranian warship IRIS Dena with 180 aboard. Crews recover 87 bodies from the wreckage.

The war powers vote in the US Senate has just failed in a 47-53 vote - with lawmakers taking their votes almost entirely down party lines. In the end, Senator Rand Paul joined the Democrats to vote yes on limiting Trump's military powers in Iran, with Senator John Fetterman joining the Republicans to vote no.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that a U.S. submarine torpedo strike sank an Iranian warship in a first enemy ship sinking since World War II.

Hegseth stressed that the operation is still in its early days, noting that "metrics are shifting, dust is settling and more forces are arriving." Hegseth said the U.S. could "sustain this fight easily for as long as we need to" and "we're just getting started.