BAGHDAD, June 5 (UPI) -- A lawmaker with the Sadrist Movement of rebel Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr said Iraqi troops prevented her motorcade from leaving Sadr City Thursday.

BAGHDAD, May 31 (UPI) -- Thousands of people across Iraq protested a government proposal to extend the presence of U.S. troops in the country, officials say.

WASHINGTON, May 30 (UPI) -- The campaigns of Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama each say they have the advantage on the Iraq war, again center stage in the U.S. presidential race.

AMMAN, Jordan, May 28 (UPI) -- King Abdullah of Jordan met with Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi to discuss bilateral relations and cooperation with the Arab world.

BAGHDAD, May 28 (UPI) -- Fighting between U.S. troops and militant forces in Baghdad's Sadr City killed five people and wounded eight, Iraq's Interior Ministry said Wednesday.

BAGHDAD, May 25 (UPI) -- The number of attacks by militants in Iraq fell last week to a lower level than in any week since March 2004, U.S. military officials said.

WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- Gen. David Petraeus told an admiring Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday that the improving security situation in Iraq will likely allow him to recommend further U.S. troop reductions this fall, beyond the planned drawdown to about 140,000 in July.

NAJAF, Iraq, May 22 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki met with Shiite Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the holy city of Najaf to brief him on developments in the country.

BAGHDAD, May 22 (UPI) -- Witnesses testified in the trial of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz as his lawyers waited in Jordan for permission to defend their client.