While you were sleeping: Polls open in Iraq, rebel attacks in Myanmar

Polls opened across Iraq on Saturday in the first national election since the declaration of victory over the Islamic State group.
After hours of low voter turnout, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi partially lifted a security curfew to encourage more people to come to the polls. After weeks of official campaigning, no clear front-runner has emerged as al-Abadi faces stiff competition from political parties with closer ties to Iran.
The curfew had been in place since midnight the night before