(Reuters) - King Gyanendra is expected to be dethroned on Wednesday after a special assembly elected in April abolishes Nepal's centuries-old monarchy. Here is a chronology of the history of Nepal and ...

KATMANDU, Nepal, Feb. 7 -- Barely a year after seizing absolute power, King Gyanendra is a monarch under siege -- shunned by former allies, struggling to contain a raging Maoist insurgency and ...

Thousands of supporters greeted Nepal’s former king in capital Kathmandu on Sunday and demanded his abolished monarchy be reinstated and Hinduism brought back as a state religion. An estimated 10,000 ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Sixteen years ago, mass protests in Nepal forced then-King Gyanendra Shah to give up the throne and clear the way for a republic. Now, a new wave of protest is trying to bring him ...

The King of Nepal has pledged to bring democratic rule to his country after weeks of demonstrations against his regime — some of which ended violently after police used deadly force against protesters ...

A protest in Kathmandu demanding the restoration of King Gyanendra Shah to the throne and declaring Nepal a Hindu state turned violent on March 28, 2025. The protest left two dead and several injured, ...

Sixteen years ago, mass protests in Nepal forced then-King Gyanendra Shah to give up the throne and clear the way for a republic. Now, a new wave of protest is trying to bring him back. The capital of ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of Nepal’s former king lined up outside his residence to greet him on his 74th birthday Monday as support for the ousted monarch grows in the Himalayan ...

Nearly two decades since Nepal became a secular republic, a surge of pro-monarchy protests have swept the Himalayan nation, fuelled by economic despair and disillusionment with current leaders.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of Nepal's former king lined up outside his residence to greet him on his 74th birthday Monday as support for the ousted monarch grows in the Himalayan ...