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Basra airport was attacked with rockets on Saturday after another night of protests against Iraq's political elite, during which demonstrators set fire to the Iranian consulate and briefly took oilfield workers hostage. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2oRfB7S

Iraqi officials in Basra lifted a curfew on Saturday night that had been in place since 4 p.m. (1300 GMT), the military said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wWm7yH

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Saturday unveiled plans for tax cuts and pledged spending to heal years of painful austerity, less than a month after Greece emerged from a bailout program financed by its EU partners and the IMF. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QfEoPq

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered that $25 million earmarked for the care of Palestinians in East Jerusalem hospitals be directed elsewhere as part of a review of aid, a State Department official said on Saturday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wSChZI

British anti-terrorism officers were helping to investigate a knife attack in a northern English town on Saturday in which one man was injured, although police said they were keeping an open mind. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2NW7DFp

Google removed a YouTube advert by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny after authorities complained that the videos would violate an election silence law before Sunday's vote for regional governors, an aide to Navalny said on Saturday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2O1hbiq

An attempt to hold peace talks for Yemen was abandoned on Saturday after three days of waiting for the Houthi movement's delegation, but the United Nations envoy vowed to press ahead with diplomacy. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2wTB2ZM