KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Two explosions near the motorcade of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed an unknown number of people, but officials said Bhutto was safe.

BAGHDAD, March 13 (UPI) -- The war in Iraq seems to have changed in recent weeks from one of fighting the Sunni insurgency to a battle of survival between the Sunnis and Shiites.

BAGHDAD, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The top United Nations envoy in Iraq says the world organization wants credible elections in the nation by the end of January 2005.

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- A U.N. spokesman says the world organization's concerns about security in Iraq have been underscored by recent bombings in the Baghdad Green Zone.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A U.N. spokesman says Secretary-General Kofi Annan's new special representative arrived Friday in Baghdad.

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The U.N. Security Council Wednesday unanimously extended by another year the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq. The panel of 15 also expressed "its intention to review the mandate in 12 months or sooner if requested by the government of Iraq."

UNITED NATIONS, July 14 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special representative to Iraq Wednesday had his first briefings at United Nations World Headquarters in New York.

WASHINGTON, July 8 (UPI) -- Pakistan's ambassador to the United States is the front-runner to head the United Nations mission in Iraq, diplomatic sources told UPI Thursday.

WASHINGTON, June 23 (UPI) -- Pakistan said Tuesday its soldiers are sacrificing their lives and in the fight against al-Qaida.