Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carsten Breuer, the Bundeswehr chief of defence, said that national service for both sexes should be compulsory - Florian Gaertner ...

VIENNA (AP) — Austrians voted overwhelmingly Sunday to retain their conscript army, with preliminary results showing around 60 percent rejecting the proposed shift to a professional force. The wide ...

A German general said women should be conscripted into the armed forces as part of plans to revive national service and counter Russian aggression. Carsten Breuer, the Bundeswehr chief of defence, ...