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Bangladesh, Dec. 10 -- As the war in Ukraine drags on, President Vladimir Zelensky has firmly rejected calls to lower the military draft age, despite pressure from Western allies. Zelenskys [...]

Byline: Isabelle Khurshudyan, Serhii Korolchuk KYIV - For nearly three years, Ukraine has resisted drafting men as young as 18, as is done by so many other wartime armies - [...]

A court in South Korea has sentenced a young man to a suspended prison term for deliberately putting on excessive weight to dodge mandatory military service. The Seoul Eastern District [...]

Footage has emerged that appears to show Ukrainian military recruitment officers raiding restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv in search of men evading conscription. Officers positioned outside the [...]

Addis Abeba- The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has reported cases of forced conscription and arbitrary detentions in Oromia Regional State, accusing regional authorities of engaging in unlawful practices, including [...]

Byline: Lucy DuVall in Eastern Ukraine Every morning, Artem signs on for work as one of Ukraine's feared recruitment officers in his home town somewhere in the country's war-torn East. [...]

The outgoing US administration of President Joe Biden urged Ukraine Wednesday to reduce the minimum conscription age to 18 from 25 to tackle a manpower shortage as Russian forces press [...]

Helsinki, Finland: Twenty-three conscripts were injured after a tracked, all-terrain transport Border Guard vehicle drove off the road and crashed in a training area in Lapland on Wednesday. Two conscripts [...]

Lithuania: From January 1, 2025 young people who have reached their 17th birthday must contact the Military Conscription Service of the Lithuanian Army within one month, where an initial health [...]

Brussels: European Union External Action Service has issued the following news release: EU Statement 1.The European Union and its Member States warmly welcome the distinguished Speakers to this meeting and [...]

New York -- The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the forced conscription of journalists Serge Atiana Oulon, Adama Bayala, and Kalifara Sere, who went missing in June, and [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The following information was released by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS): The last resolution producing similar scientific research was published in 1989 Washington, D.C. ù October [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the Voice of America (VOA): Ukraine's prosecutor general announced his resignation Tuesday amid charges that his office provided exemptions to the [...]

Byline: Our Foreign Staff Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday a man wanted for evading a military call-up killed himself after being caught by police and taken to an army recruitment [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the Cato Institute: Brandan P. Buck Fall may finally have arrived in DC, but one discussion that never seems out of season [...]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military recruitment officers raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who were not in compliance, media [...]

Byline: James Crisp EUROPEAN governments should stop paying benefits to male Ukrainian refugees of fighting age to convince them to return home and enlist in the army, Poland's foreign minister [...]

Reinforcements sent by Moscow failed to stop a Ukrainian surprise offensive in Russia's Kursk region during its second week, creating a dilemma for the Kremlin - to further tap Russia's [...]

Byline: Joe Barnes A CHECHEN commander has mocked the mothers of young conscripts sent to defend Kursk from Ukraine's invasion. Apti Alaudinov, who leads the Akhmat special forces and is [...]

STATE INSTITUTION APPARATUS OF THE AKIM OF THE BIRZHAN SAL DISTRICT, Kazakhstan has invited tenders for Medical Services for Conscription as Part of the Compulsory Military Duty, Amt: 1379200.00. Tender [...]

Byline: Andrew E. Kramer and David Guttenfelder They were lanky and fresh-faced, and the battle they lost had been their first. Packed into Ukrainian prison cells, dozens of captured Russian [...]

Byline: Siobhán O'Grady; Tetiana Burianova; Mary Ilyushina; Serhiy Morgunov In the basement of a prison in northeastern Ukraine, dozens of Russian soldiers -- some wounded, most barely adults -- sat [...]

MILITARY COMMISSARIAT OF THE CITY OF MINSK, Belarus has invited tenders for Current Repairs of the Conscription (Assembly) Point of the Military Commissariat of the Oktyabrsky District of Minsk. Tender [...]

STATE INSTITUTION APPARATUS OF AKIM OF AKKULY DISTRICT, Kazakhstan has invited tenders for Services of Medical Examination of Citizens Upon Conscription for Military Service, Amt: 100000.00. Tender Notice No: 12796148-1 [...]

Byline: Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor The head of Britain's armed forces has promised the army will triple its lethality by the end of the decade, but backed away [...]

STATE INSTITUTION APPARATUS OF AKIM OF AKKULY DISTRICT, Kazakhstan has invited tenders for Services for Medical Examination of Citizens Upon Conscription for Military Service, Amt: 100000.00. Tender Notice No: 12759863-1 [...]

STATE INSTITUTION APPARATUS OF THE AKIM OF THE CITY OF PAVLODAR, Kazakhstan has invited tenders for Services for Medical Examination of Citizens Upon Conscription for Military Service, Amt: 1385690.22. Tender [...]

Byline: Isabelle Khurshudyan; Kostiantyn Khudov KYIV -- As Ukraine prepares to ramp up military conscription to defend against Russia's invasion -- after a key deadline to register with recruitment offices [...]

Byline: Isabelle Khurshudyan, Kostiantyn Khudov KYIV - As Ukraine prepares to ramp up military conscription to defend against Russia's invasion - after a key deadline to register with recruitment offices [...]

Byline: Patrick Wintour The shock election of Masoud Pezeshkian as Iran's new president is as much a testimony to his personality as to his politics. A former heart surgeon and [...]

Byline: Daniel Dale, CNN (CNN) -- Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has conjured up an inflammatory false claim about Vice President Kamala Harris' policy positions -- baselessly saying [...]