Medieval monarchs are often imagined as absolute rulers, but their real power was far more limited. Kings depended heavily on ...

JOHOR BARU — The Johor ruler has no absolute powers under the state constitution to appoint a person of his choice as chief minister as he is bound to follow constitutional requirements, according to ...

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the absolute ruler of Qatar, who used his tiny nation's oil and gas wealth to alter the course of events across the Middle East, told his family he would transfer ...

"The pillars of democracy need to be autonomous to maintain a balance to function effectively in India. The Parliament cannot be called an absolute ruler," said Sir William Mark Tully, a veteran ...

LETTER | State constitutions existed before 1957, and still exist and are in force. But the ruler's power to interfere in the administration of the state was curbed drastically when the Federal ...