A veteran Kurdish lawmaker said the deals signed between the Kurdish and Iraqi governments with oil majors are illegal and premature.

BASRA, Iraq, June 11 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki emerged from March's conflict in Basra as a hero, gaining a stronger political position, USA Today said.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Iraq's Kurdish oil leaders are in Baghdad to clear an impasse over oil control, though the national oil minister is reportedly not in town.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- A majority of Iraq's parliamentarians have signed an agreement against Iraqi Kurds' moves to unilaterally develop the oil sector and control oil-rich Kirkuk.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Talks are ongoing over oil and other disputes between Iraq's central government and the semiautonomous Kurdish region.

BAGHDAD, May 13 (UPI) -- A proposed oil law that U.S. President George W. Bush calls vital to ending Iraq's civil strife is in serious trouble, The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.

BAGHDAD, April 27 (UPI) -- The Iraq government criticized the U.S. Congress vote that links war funding to the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

BAGHDAD, April 24 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is losing support among some of Iraq's top lawmakers seeking to reconcile warring factions.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Thousands of Kurds from Northern Iraq could end up in Baghdad as a result of U.S. President George W. Bush's new Iraq war strategy, a published report said.