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

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

France is paving the way for the return of voluntary military service for 18- and 19-year-olds. This decision follows an ...

President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday unveiled a new program meant to bolster France’s armed forces by training thousands of ...

Macron has announced 6.5 billion euros ($7.6 billion) in extra military spending in the next two years. He said France will ...

Beijing’s top diplomat told the French presidential adviser on Thursday he hoped Paris would promote closer China-EU relations, days before the two countries’ leaders meet. Wang Yi told Emmanuel Bonne ...

This ad hoc leadership has emerged because it seems to work. It began to take root when Mr Merz took office in May, and after ...

China's foreign minister also said he hoped France would abide by the One China principle when he spoke with a French ...

President Emmanuel Macron has announced that 18 or 19-year-olds can volunteer for the 10 month military service programme ...

Finland, with its 830-mile border with Russia, has never abandoned its conscription programme, which is even written into the nation’s constitution. For women in Finland it remains voluntary, but all ...