Hundreds of well-wishers lined up outside the home of Nepal's deposed king to celebrate his 78th birthday on Monday, the latest pro-monarchy show of support in the Himalayan republic. Gyanendra Shah, ...

Fury at the country’s politicians had led earlier this year to a failed royalist uprising, which may have been an unheeded warning of the popular discontent that exploded on the streets this month.

Nepal's political landscape is currently in turmoil, following a wave of intense protests that have forced the resignation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli. What began as a movement against the ...