Scott Neuman

Flights were beginning to return to normal after police in riot gear and armed with pepper spray forced out most of the protesters staging a sit-in at one of the world's busiest aviation hubs.

Investors feared that the country could default on its $57 billion IMF loan if President Mauricio Macri loses October elections to his leftist rival.

Operations at the major aviation hub initially appeared to be returning to normal early Tuesday, but by the afternoon, hundreds of pro-democracy activists had returned to departure areas.

Hundreds of pro-democracy activists, clad in black T-shirts and wearing face masks to hide their identities, thronged the city's airport in hopes of bringing international attention to their cause.

The storm, currently categorized as a super typhoon with sustained winds of 130 mph, is expected to make landfall near the city of Ningbo early Saturday.

In a statement Thursday, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi said detainees were asked whether they had children and were provided with cellphones to arrange for their care.

Security forces were initially met with a hail of bullets from former President Almazbek Atambayev's residence, as political supporters barricaded themselves inside. At least one soldier was killed.

Earlier this week, Japan alerted its citizens in the U.S. to beware of "gunfire incidents," while Uruguay issued a travel warning citing the "indiscriminate possession of firearms" in America.

Prime Minister Imran Khan said India's revoking the Muslim-majority territory's semi-autonomy will increase cross-border tensions and could lead to "ethnic cleansing" of Muslim Kashmiris.

Speaking in the capital, a spokesman for China's Hong Kong affairs office said protesters will be "held accountable" and said that Beijing had "tremendous power" to put down the protests.

An international consortium planning the Thirty Meter Telescope still prefers to site it atop the Big Island's Mauna Kea. But local protests may drive the project to the Canary Islands.

In the days ahead of the move, India placed local politicians under house arrest, ordered tourists to evacuate and sent tens of thousands of troops into the region.

He was seen as a chief architect of the regime's brutal collectivist policies that led to the deaths of some 1.7 million people. He was found guilty of war crimes by a U.N.-backed tribunal last year.

The unidentified vessel was reportedly taken last Wednesday near Farsi Island, where Iran maintains a naval base. Iraq's oil ministry has denied it has any connection with the ship.

It wasn't immediately clear what type of weapon was tested early Friday, but South Korea's military noted the missiles traveled at hypersonic speeds and flew about 137 miles.

It will now be possible for women to apply for a passport and to travel abroad without a male family member to accompany them.

The results of the special election leave the ruling prime minister's government with a single-seat majority just as he tries to navigate a difficult departure from the EU.

The Iranian president called the Trump administration's move to sanction Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif "childish." Zarif tweeted that the sanctions would have "no effect" on him.

Pyongyang said the new multiple rocket system would cause "inescapable distress" to enemy forces. The test on Wednesday was first thought to be of a short-range ballistic missile.

The move came after President Trump on Wednesday issued scathing tweets criticizing the prosecution conduct and the Navy's decision to give the awards.