Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carsten Breuer, the Bundeswehr chief of defence, said that national service for both sexes should be compulsory - Florian Gaertner ...

VIENNA (AP) — Austrians voted overwhelmingly Sunday to retain their conscript army, with preliminary results showing around 60 percent rejecting the proposed shift to a professional force. The wide ...

An Iranian army conscript on Sunday opened fire inside a military base in the country's south, killing at least five other soldiers before fleeing, state media said.

A Russian conscript allegedly went on a shooting spree, killing at least two of his comrades and injuring five others at a military barracks in the Naro-Fominsk district of the Moscow region as ...

A man armed with a hunting rifle shot dead a Ukrainian army recruitment soldier on Saturday and escaped with a conscript before both were caught, authorities said.

A German general said women should be conscripted into the armed forces as part of plans to revive national service and counter Russian aggression. Carsten Breuer, the Bundeswehr chief of defence, ...