Balendra Shah’s party won a landslide in the election that followed Nepal’s Gen Z revolution. His style is pugnacious.

Once dismissed as a political novice, the former Kathmandu mayor is now on track to become Nepal’s next prime minister.

Last year, the people of New York elected a new mayor in democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, an ex-rapper who once sent Stereogum his music. Mamdani is not the only rapper to become a governmental ...

Once known for protest rap against corruption and inequality, Balen Shah now finds himself leading the very system he once ...

A cloud of black smoke covered parts of Tehran on Sunday morning following the overnight strikes that hit an oil depot and refinery.

A Nepali political party led by an ex-rapper is set for a landslide victory in the country’s first parliamentary election ...

The UK government will charter a flight from Dubai early next week for British nationals wanting to leave the region. It comes as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continues to be affected by the ...

Call it beauty, call it cruelty, but this is the reality. This Indian T20I unit is a GOAT team. They last lost a series or tournament in August 2023. Since the start of the previous T20 World Cup, ...

Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah unseated former Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli in his own constituency, Election ...

British rapper Ghetts has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing a 20-year-old Nepali student in a hit-and-run in London last year. Prosecutors said Ghetts, whose real name is ...

Election duty can be demanding — long hours on foot, constant vigilance and the looming possibility of confrontation. In such circumstances, brief moments of collective joy may serve a deeper purpose.