The plan leaves the door open for parliament to introduce mandatory service at least for a limited number of people in future, possibly selected at random.

Thousands of protesters gathered after the German government approved new legislation to allow Germany to mandate military conscription.

As tensions rise over the Ukraine-Russia conflict, military experts warned the UK should be ready to consider conscription - ...

In 2011, Germany ended compulsory conscription. But the largest economy in Europe now wants to move toward what the German Ministry of Defense is calling a "new military service." This would emulate a ...

Taiwanese actor Darren Wang began his conscription service on Thursday, a month after he was arrested for allegedly evading mandatory military duty. The 33-year-old star began his one-year military ...

A number of European countries have reintroduced conscription or a form of incentivised military service for their young ...

The German parliament's commissioner for the armed forces urged a rapid rebuilding of the country's registration system for possible military conscription in an annual report released on Tuesday.

The potential military threat from Russia and the decreasing support from the US have European countries looking to conscript ...

Widespread protests across Germany are a sign that the new military conscription legislation will face fierce noncooperation.

Proposed changes would also mandate alternative service for transgender and intersex people, a move that has sparked backlash ...