BBC News | World | Middle East | UK EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Qatari law 'will protect' maids- June 17, 2008 A draft law is put forward in the Gulf state of Qatar that will for the first time protect the rights of domestic workers.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7459991.stm 'Olmert to face Assad' in Paris- June 17, 2008 Israel's Ehud Olmert and Syria's Bashar al-Assad will come face to face next month in Paris, says France's foreign minister.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7459633.stm Global refugee total rises again- June 17, 2008 The number of refugees worldwide grows to 11.4 million, the UN says, with another 26 million internally displaced.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/americas/7459011.stm The clerics and I- June 17, 2008 Iran's dissenting ayatollahs in the holy city of Qomhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7458709.stm Three dead in fresh Lebanon clash- June 17, 2008 Fierce fighting breaks out between Lebanese government supporters and opposition supporters in the eastern Bekaa.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7458449.stm Rice hails Lebanese democracy- June 17, 2008 US Secretary of State Rice makes an unannounced visit to Lebanon following a crucial power-sharing deal.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7456757.stm UK says UAE terror risk is 'high'- June 16, 2008 British nationals in the United Arab Emirates have been warned there is now a high risk of a terror attack there.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7456547.stm Israel-Syria talks 'constructive'- June 16, 2008 Officials on both sides hail progress in indirect peace talks between Syrian and Israeli envoys in Turkey.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7456073.stm UAE sheikh to face assault trial- June 16, 2008 The brother of the UAE ruler will face trial on Thursday charged with assaulting a US citizen in a bar in Geneva.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/7457573.stm Israel prisoners 'may be swapped'- June 16, 2008 Lebanon's Hezbollah might be close to releasing two captured Israeli soldiers, the father of one soldier has said.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/europe/7457216.stm |