BAGHDAD, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government Sunday said more than 200 detainees were released from U.S-run prisons in Iraq last week.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi said he doesn't believe now is the right time to pull U.S. troops from his country.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- The question is simple enough on the third and final day of a major Iraq energy conference where hundreds of hungry oil men and women broke bread with Iraq’s industry chiefs, politicians and technocrats: when will Baghdad set the ground rules for the international oil community’s long-awaited venture into the largest oil prize on earth?

BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The future of 42,000 Iraqi prison inmates tops a national reconciliation plan aimed at easing the political tension in Iraq, it was reported.

BAGHDAD, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- At least seven people died Sunday in Iraq in fighting between militants and U.S. forces near the Shia slum of Sadr City in Baghdad, it was reported.

BAGHDAD, March 22 (UPI) -- U.S. forces in Iraq have freed a top aide to rebel Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr after holding him for more than two years.

BAGHDAD, March 21 (UPI) -- Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi said his government needs to establish dialogue with insurgents, excluding al-Qaida, to work toward peace.

BAGHDAD, April 21 (UPI) -- Political factions in Iraq's Parliament said Friday they would accept Jawad al-Maliki, a hard-line Shiite leader, as prime minister.