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Japan has raised concerns over Russia's military buildup in the region, particularly on the Kuril Island chain, four of which are claimed by Tokyo in a dispute dating back to World War II. While Russia insists the war games are long-planned and purely defensive in nature, NATO has said that they are simulating "large-scale conflict." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xcDbAC

At his third summit with Kim next week in Pyongyang, South Korean President Moon Jae-in faces his toughest challenge yet: delivering something substantive that goes beyond previous vague statements on denuclearization and helps get US-North Korea talks back on track. Negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang have sputtered in recent weeks, raising doubts about whether Kim is truly willing to relinquish his nuclear arsenal and putting pressure on Moon to broker progress once again. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NJrJWM

He is expected to arrive in Palermo at 10:45 am (0845 GMT) and will say mass, then head to the Palermo parish where Father Giuseppe "Pino" Puglisi lived. He returns to Rome in the early evening. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xerFVg

The typhoon made landfall before dawn in the coastal town of Baggao in Cagayan province on the northern tip of Luzon Island, a breadbasket of flood-prone rice plains and mountain provinces often hit by landslides. More than 5 million people were at risk from the storm, which the Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center categorizes as a super typhoon with powerful winds and gusts equivalent to a category 5 Atlantic hurricane. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xiOCWR

Parts of North and South Carolina were forecast to get as much as 40 inches of rain (1 meter). Nearly 900,000 homes and businesses were without power in the Carolinas early on Friday. About 10 million people could be affected by the storm. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2NiDVhS