French President Emmanuel Macron has ignited a storm across Europe by announcing a sweeping new military service program, ...

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a new voluntary youth military service program set to start by mid-2026. Targeting ...

The absence of an EU leader from talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping would represent a break with recent tradition.

Wang said in the call Thursday with the French president’s diplomatic adviser, Emmanuel Bonne, that Japanese Prime Minister ...

France currently has around 200,000 military personnel and a further 47,000 reservists. The new scheme should usher in a three-tier structure, comprising professionals, reservists and volunteers.

A landslide on the French Pacific island of Tahiti that buried two homes killed at least seven people and left others missing, French President Emmanuel ...

France will introduce a voluntary military service of 10 months beginning next year, President Emmanuel Macron has said, in ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is announcing the implementation of a new, volunteer military program for 18 and 19-year-olds.

He says the voluntary scheme will be open to 18 and 19-year-olds, who would be paid, and would last 10 months.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced a voluntary youth military service set to begin in mid-2026, aimed at ...