BAGHDAD, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- The ability of Iraqi insurgents to repeatedly carry out murderous suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad marks a critical intelligence failure for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's security services.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Iraqi officials say they are considering the country's first public execution since the fall of former President Saddam Hussein, who regularly staged them.

BAGHDAD, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The president of Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region has demanded the disputed, ethnically divided city of Kirkuk, which dominates the northern oilfields, be put under his control.

BAGHDAD, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Nine Iraqis deported by Britain to their homeland say the Home Office has sent them to their deaths.

BAGHDAD, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Two more members of al-Qaida in Iraq have been captured following a 16-person escape from a prison in the North, officials said.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The Russian energy minister's visit to Iraq earlier this month, as Baghdad prepares to auction off oil contracts to foreign companies in December, underscores how Western oil majors may be cut out of potentially lucrative production deals.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- An Iraqi military delegation in Serbia is negotiating the return of 19 MIG-21 and MIG-23 jet fighters sent for repair two decades ago, according to the Iraqi Defense Ministry.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Iraq's dispute with neighboring Syria is becoming increasingly acrimonious, causing political tremors at a critical time as Iran's allies seek to rebuild the fragmented Shiite political establishment for a comeback in parliamentary elections slated for January.

BAGHDAD, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Iraq has found 19 MIG-21 and MIG-23 jet fighters stashed by former President Saddam Hussein in Serbia, officials said Monday.