Global news highlights from AP

July 31, 2026

Movement of vessels at the Strait of Hormuz was still paralyzed as the five-month conflict between the US and Iran has not come to an end.

The US and Iran each fired barrages of missiles Thursday.

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Officials in southwestern France say wildfires there had not expanded but warned the danger was far from over.

Helicopters carrying water buckets made repeated passes over area Thursday, dropping water on lingering hot spots.

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A man who gave his son the gun he used in a deadly high school shooting in Georgia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Colin Gray was convicted of charges including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.

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Mexico's President Sheinbaum says her country will invest 2 billion pesos - about $115 million - to expand efforts against record levels of sargassum seaweed washing onto the country's Caribbean coast.

Officials said current resources collect about 1,200 metric tons a day.