If it turns out that we were all in agreement, it’s the end,’ a key witness against a cardinal is reported to have said.

It has staged 13 successful coups since absolute monarchy ended in 1932, the latest in 2014 that ushered in just under a decade of military or military-backed rule. Last year, a Thai appeal court ...

George III was not an absolutist monarch, to use the language of the day for a power-hungry ruler. The English had struggled in the previous century over the extent of the king’s power.

The Congolese Solidarity Campaign (CSC) has issued a bold and impassioned statement in support of the pro-democracy movement in ...