WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has resorted to violence, intimidation and arrests of political foes in his quest for power and re-election, observers say.

LONDON, March 5 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has lent his support to a new two-pronged oil-development strategy in an attempt to appease those who have challenged the current strategy as relying too much on the hope of future investment from international oil companies by launching an immediate domestic work program.

It's an exhausting and complicated process, but Iraq is taking steps to open up its oil and revenue interactions to the world's watchdogs.

ERBIL, Iraq, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Kurdish President Massoud Barzani departed the region for Washington at the official invitation of U.S. President George Bush, officials said.

TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said Thursday the security situation in Iraq had improved significantly.

AMMAN, Jordan, July 14 (UPI) -- American and Iraqi students attended the opening day of a youth peacekeepers conference Monday in Jordan to discuss their role in the future of Iraq.

BAGHDAD, June 26 (UPI) -- Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih said Thursday Baghdad greeted warmly a decision by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Iraq in July.

ANKARA, Turkey, June 24 (UPI) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to visit officials in Baghdad near the first weekend in July, officials said Tuesday.

UNITED NATIONS, April 23 (UPI) -- The top U.N. political officer said he was impressed by the assistance provided by the world body to support the Iraqi government in political reconciliation.