Parliament, courts and civil service buildings were torched, and the government collapsed. Former chief justice Sushila Karki, 73, was named interim prime minister to steer Nepal until elections in ...

Gyanendra Shah was deposed in 2008 in a democratic uprising after he suspended the constitution and dissolved parliament in 2005.

The Nepal Army imposed a nationwide curfew until 6 a.m. Thursday. An official dialogue between protesting youths and the Nepali Army was to take place on Wednesday in the presence of President Ram ...

If elections cannot be organized in six months, Nepal could descend into a grave political and constitutional crisis.

When families of those killed in Nepal's deadly September protests that toppled the government demanded justice, the anguish felt painfully familiar to Sunamati Chaudhari. Her husband, an English ...

Nepal's authorities have long been criticised for failing to adequately probe abuses committed during the decade-long civil war - Copyright AFP Prakash MATHEMA Nepal ...