Nepal's rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah grinned and flashed a V-for-victory sign on Saturday as Election Commission officials confirmed he had beaten veteran leader KP Sharma Oli in their ...

Former rapper Balendra Shah appears poised to be Nepal's next prime minister, after his party won the general election by a ...

Balendra Shah, aka Balen, is a 35-year-old rapper and mayor of Kathmandu now hoping to take his brand of populism to the highest office in Nepal.

Thursday's general election was the first since violent youth-led protests toppled the government in September.

The Rastriya Swatatantra Party has won a large majority in an election dominated by issues including corruption.

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

CHITWAN, Nepal (AP) — Among the candidates vying to become Nepal’s next prime minister in a crucial election Thursday, few have generated the buzz of a Millennial former rapper who has shaken up the ...

The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), led by rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah, secured a historic victory in Nepal's ...

CHITWAN, Nepal (AP) — The crowd swelled gradually, first in twos and threes, then in waves. Schoolchildren in uniform threaded through the throng. Elderly men steadied themselves on crutches. Others ...

Rastriya Swatantra Party, founded just four years ago, set to dominate new parliament with near two-thirds majority.

The 35-year-old rapper-turned-politician is set to become the South Asian nation’s next Prime Minister, after Gen Z protests rocked the political establishment last year ...

A 35-year-old former mayor who first came to prominence as a rapper will become Nepal’s next and youngest-ever prime minister ...