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ISLAMABAD — Heavy monsoon rains lashed Pakistan on Wednesday, causing deaths, flooding roads and disrupting lives in areas where residents already were struggling to recover from floods last summer that affected 33 million people and killed 1,739, officials said. At…

BRUSSELS — The European Union's executive on Wednesday chided Poland and Hungary for democratic deficiencies that have been accerbated by measures taken or left unaddressed by the current governments. While the EU Commission's annual rule of law report noted a…

JOHANNESBURG — Four police officers assigned to a security team protecting South Africa’s deputy president will be charged with assault and other offenses after being caught on video kicking and stomping on at least two men after they pulled their…

LONDON — It’s unusual to throw a birthday party for a health care system, but that’s exactly what the U.K. is doing for the National Health Service, a beloved but increasingly creaky institution that turns 75 on Wednesday. The date…

NANTERRE, France — The race of the police officer who fatally shot a French teenager during a traffic stop last week hasn’t been disclosed, and there’s no reason why it would be. Officially, race doesn’t exist in France. But the…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A powerful summer storm lashed the Netherlands on Wednesday, killing at least one person, blowing trees onto houses and forcing one of Europe's busiest airports to cancel or delay hundreds of flights. The national meteorological institute…