Baghdad holds to SOFA deadline; Iraqi president to retire; Hill meets Kurdish leaders; Karzai announces re-election bid; Wage opposition at the polls, U.N. says; Brookings rehashes Afghan argument

Hill confirmed as U.S. envoy to Iraq; U.S. military to hold June deadline in Iraq; Iran more dangerous than U.S., British forces; Kabul positive on Taliban talks; Afghan officials arrive in Tehran; Kabul, U.N. call for donor transparency

WASHINGTON, April 22 (UPI) -- Diplomacy veteran Christopher Hill has been confirmed as the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq.

Hill set to pass Senate vote on Iraqi envoy; Political climate volatile in Diyala; Kurds lag in democratic reform; Afghan, ISAF leaders address security plans; British forces return from Helmand; Indonesia to deport Afghans

UPI Almanac for Tuesday, March 24, 2009.

WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- Christopher Hill would be an "excellent" envoy to Iraq despite several Republican senators saying otherwise, a U.S. State Department spokesman said Friday.

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C., Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The following are remarks U.S. President Barack Obama delivered Friday at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on U.S. combat troop pullout in Iraq:

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may appoint a special envoy for North Korea before her trip to Asia next week, administration officials said.

BAGHDAD, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi and Shiite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim met the U.S. envoy to the United Nations to discuss the bilateral security pact.