KATMANDU, Nepal -- Nepal's crown prince opened fire in the royal palace of this small Himalayan nation Friday, shooting to death the other four members of his family -- including the king and queen -- ...

India and Nepal have always shared a close bond, often referred to as a "Roti-Beti" relationship, that highlights their strong cultural and family ties. Recently, political tensions have been rising ...

Commissioned in 1960 by King Mahendra of Nepal, the Nepalese Emerald Tiara is now a symbol of a monarchy abolished after a ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nearly seven years after a popular king and almost all his family were gunned down at a dinner party, Nepal's former royal palace opened as a museum on Thursday with the site of ...

KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) – Hoping to move Nepal past its royal massacre, a new king took the throne Monday and ordered an investigation and public explanation, even as furious citizens staged riots that ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. On Friday evenings the Nepalese royal family customarily gathered in a ...

KATMANDU, Nepal -- He was raised in a cocoon of both royal privilege and taboo, jet-setting to foreign capitals and sky-diving for pleasure but confined in a labyrinth of monarchical and social rules ...

KATMANDU – Nepal stood on the brink of becoming the world's newest republic Wednesday as an assembly charged with ending 239 years of royal rule prepared to meet amid tight security. But with the ...