Don Duncan

Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (left) walks with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (right) during the Montreal Pride parade in Montreal, Aug. 20, 2017.

Ireland’s youngest prime minister is under tough criticism

September 13, 2017Economics

Some on the left had hoped the new taoiseach, as a gay man and son of an immigrant, would usher in a progressive agenda for his center-right party, Fine Gael. But Varadkar has held fast to his conservative politics, and that’s proving to be a lesson for the left.

At the Camlough Cattle Mart, which serves Crossmaglen. Farmers are worried how competitive their beef will be in a post-Brexit world.

Farmers in Northern Ireland know Brexit will be bad for them — they just don’t know how bad

March 30, 2017Economics

Born a Traveller, always a Traveller

March 10, 2017Agence France-Presse

Musical pioneer prowls the Lebanese stage

March 10, 2017Agence France-Presse

The Bhutan insurgencies

March 10, 2017Agence France-Presse

Tribeca comes to Doha

March 10, 2017Agence France-Presse

The New York film festival, which this year focused on the Arab world, goes where the inspiration — and the money is.

Economic crisis affects Lebanon de-mining

March 10, 2017Agence France-Presse

Funds that would go toward clearing a 205-square-kilometer danger zone have been diverted.

Syrian art market rides wave of reform

August 2, 2016Agence France-Presse

Improvements in the Syrian economy inspire an art market renaissance.

Syria’s gallery scene

August 2, 2016Agence France-Presse

Lebanon sees offshore gas as answer to its power woes. Israel sees it different.

August 2, 2016Conflict

Lebanon looks to cash in on natural gas.