Soldiering is voluntary for women in most countries, but conscription is on the rise. DW provides an overview of women in the ...

Sweden’s prime minister says his government wants to ramp up defense spending to a target of 3.5% of the Nordic ...

Denmark announced that it is speeding up its plans to draft women into the military on March 25 amid tensions with Russia and ...

Crown Princess Ingrid Alexandra looked almost unrecognisable on Wednesday when she was paid a visit by her father Crown ...

The French papers react to the upcoming verdict in Marine Le Pen's embezzlement trial. Also, international headlines are full ...

Sweden has provided $13 million (€12 million) to support the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration process involving ...

For 50th anniversary of Vietnam War ending, I traveled in Vietnam. The war's painful schisms were personal for me: I'm the son of Robert McNamara.

Although Sweden's defense spending already exceeds NATO's 2% target, this is not enough as Europe faces an entirely new ...

In other news, the Guardian has a long read about the far right in Sweden and their recruitment methods. Finally, two women in Oxford ... a temporary ceasefire, the military junta has continued ...

Amid alarming reports of sexual violence being used as a weapon of terror across Sudan, UN reproductive health agency, UNFPA, ...

Eleven European countries have compulsory military service: Austria, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, and non-European ... or an alternative civilian ...