Nepalis are growing discontent as the possibility of any substantial change seems unlikely.

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 ...