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

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

Underarmed and politically fractious, the continent worries it is becoming the biggest loser in the new era of transactional ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to land in China on 3 December, with Paris hoping its “strategic dialogue” will help ...

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.

China has also tried to rally diplomatic support with a letter to the UN. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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 ...