STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 29 (UPI) -- Iraq asked its creditors Thursday to cancel $62.5 billion in foreign debt while it rebuilds in the aftermath of Saddam Hussein's reign and a prolonged war.

BAGHDAD, May 21 (UPI) -- A lawmaker in the Shiite coalition of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday the Iraqi Parliament expected to vet candidates for Cabinet seats next week.

BAGHDAD, May 20 (UPI) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said provincial elections scheduled for October would take place over several days to avoid manipulation.

BAGHDAD, April 28 (UPI) -- The top U.N. envoy to Iraq reviewed the list of candidates nominated to serve as directors of provincial election offices.

BAGHDAD, April 4 (UPI) -- The U.N. Mission in Iraq said in its latest quarterly report that Iraq made progress in counter-terrorism and anti-corruption measures.

BAGHDAD, April 3 (UPI) -- The chief of the U.N. Mission in Iraq and other representatives met with Iraqi officials to discuss recommendations for eight provincial election officials.

BAGHDAD, April 2 (UPI) -- Humanitarian agencies welcomed the returning calm in Iraq as an opportunity to bring in much-needed emergency assistance.

The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Party's Al Ittihad newspaper in an editorial Tuesday titled "Potential factors for violence" said Staffan de Mistura, the U.N. representative in Iraq, recently urged the government to use the decrease in violence in Iraq to achieve political progress.

BAGHDAD, March 20 (UPI) -- The top U.N. official in Iraq urged the country's independent electoral commission to remain transparent as the provincial election law gains momentum.