Conscription in one form or another has been utilized by nations to fill the ranks of their armed forces since way back in history, and though highly controversial, is a practice that continues to ...

Just grief.” She is not alone. The United States, Kyiv's main military backer, has called on Ukraine to lower the conscription age from 25 to 18 as the country struggles to fend off advancing ...

Myanmar's embattled junta has banned anyone eligible for military conscription from leaving the country without permission, ...

This has led to increasing political influence – and tensions within the broader community, where military conscription and ... time studying Jewish holy books. "Haredim believe – deeply ...

A top aide in President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration signaled that Ukraine will be asked to lower the conscription age to strengthen its battlefield position ahead of any ...

Regime authorities appear to be increasingly abducting young men on the street or during household inspections to boost the ...

As global tensions ratchet up defensive preparations, countries are beginning to reconsider whether conscripting only men into their armed forces will be enough. Ukraine should get rid of its "old ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

The issue of conscription or mandatory military service tore Canada apart during the First World War. Pictured here, soldiers standing by a sign denouncing men who did not sign up for the war.

This policy is called conscription. While most other countries used conscription to increase the size of their armies in the lead up to the war, Britain’s army was entirely made up of volunteers.

Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world US president-elect Donald Trump intends to push Ukraine to lower its age of conscription in an effort to stabilise the ...

When the war started, lots more soldiers were needed. Not everyone wanted to go to war. Conscription came in 1916. At first, conscription meant that all fit, single men had to join the army ...