Beirut's Saifi Market on Sunday was filled with the sounds of chopping, cheering and the sweet, grassy smell of tons of freshly cut parsley. Thousands of visitors showed up over the weekend to cheer on 250 sous chefs and 50 of their instructors ...

Yemen called for a cease-fire Saturday with Shiite rebels in the northwest mountains, where tens of thousands of refugees have fled in recent weeks and international humanitarian organizations...

An Iranian American activist who obtained an advance copy of the United Nations high commissioner on human rights' statement about Iran is outraged, saying her planned remarks at a big meeting...

Egyptian authorities briefly detained an American journalist at Cairo International Airport on Thursday before barring him from entering the country, without stating a reason. Travis Randall...

A former government official in jail for nearly three months after Iran's disputed presidential election has given an account of his time in detention, speaking along the sidelines of a court...