BAGHDAD, April 12 (UPI) -- Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabr confirmed Wednesday death squads are operating in the country but said they are not associated with the government.

BAGHDAD, March 12 (UPI) -- Another violent day in Iraq took the lives of at least 70 people, including 46 killed by bombs in Baghdad's major Shiite stronghold.

BAGHDAD, March 9 (UPI) -- U.S. military officials in Iraq have widened their training programs for the Iraqi police because of concerns over corruption and rights abuses.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Iraq's interior minister is optimistic that kidnapped U.S. reporter Jill Carroll is alive and unharmed. Carroll, who is freelancing for the Christian Science Monitor, was abducted Jan. 7 in Baghdad. Her kidnappers, a group that uses the name Brigades of V

BAGHDAD, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- A series of suicide bombings, including a blast during a funeral in northern Iraq, claimed dozens of lives Wednesday in Iraq.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- All of Iraq's borders were closed Monday as part of security precautions before the country's parliamentary elections this week.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Sunni Muslims in Iraq are increasingly reporting kidnappings of family members and execution-style slayings by the Shiite-majority security forces.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. investigators plan to check all Iraqi-run detention centers in Iraq, expanding the inquiry into prisoner torture and abuse.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabr said Thursday a secret prison near Baghdad was used only for the worst criminals, and claims of torture are exaggerated.