BAGHDAD, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki wants to have a regional summit on helping his country's security woes but rejected calls it be convened somewhere else.

AMMAN, Jordan, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Jordanian legislators plan to challenge an extradition agreement their government signed with Britain last week, MP Khalil Attiya said Monday.

AMMAN, Jordan, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Jordan's Islamists Thursday expressed concern over a security agreement between Jordan and Britain that facilitates the extradition of wanted persons.

AMMAN, Jordan, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Jordan and Britain signed a security agreement in Amman Wednesday under which they agreed to extradite wanted suspects.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 23 (UPI) -- A Kurdish official denied Wednesday the existence of Israeli companies or centers in Iraq's Kurdistan to train Kurdish Peshmerga fighters.

BAGHDAD, May 27 (UPI) -- A convoy carrying a member of the Iraqi Governing Council was ambushed Thursday shortly after it left Najaf for Baghdad.

BAGHDAD, April 13 (UPI) -- U.N. Special Adviser Lakhdar Brahimi Tuesday continued consultations with a wide range of Iraqis despite the deteriorating security in Iraq.

BAGHDAD, March 6 (UPI) -- Shi'ite members of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council met Saturday with aides to Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric to undo a snag on a new constitution.

BAGHDAD, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Members of Iraq's Governing Council are deeply divided over a transitional constitution to be adopted after powers are transferred to Iraqis by end of June.