Taiwan runs short of volunteers in military shift
A Taiwanese plan to end mandatory military service and shift to an all-volunteer force is running into a problem: not enough volunteers. Such forces ...
Culture war in Israel targets ultra-Orthodox Jews
A cultural war has erupted between Israel's rising political star and his ultra-Orthodox rivals. Newly minted Finance Minister Yair Lapid, hugely ...
40 years on, Vietnam troop withdrawal remembered
Forty years ago, soldiers returning from Vietnam were advised to change into civilian clothes on their flights home because of fears they would be ...
Peru criticized for 'avoidable' military draft
Facing a shortage of recruits, Peru's government has reinstated selective, obligatory military service. But it can be avoided by paying a $700 fine, ...
US: Congo warlord Ntaganda turns himself in
A Congolese warlord accused of conscripting child soldiers who had lived as an international fugitive for years surrendered to the United States ...
Israel's ultra-Orthodox suddenly are outsiders
As Israel's new government takes shape, the country's powerful ultra-Orthodox Jewish political parties seem poised to find themselves in unfamiliar ...
Netanyahu asked to form next Israeli government
Israel's president asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday to form the next government, and Netanyahu pledged that his new administration ...
Israeli election casts ex-TV anchor as kingmaker
Israel's election has put a suave former TV news anchor and political novice in the role of kingmaker, and he has signaled he will use his power to ...
Austria backs status quo conscript army
Austrians voted overwhelmingly Sunday to retain their conscript army, with preliminary results showing around 60 percent rejecting the proposed shift ...
War rips apart families, neighbors in Syria
BEIRUT — It's at night that worries over her children hit the matriarch of the Khayyat family hardest, tormenting her as she tries to sleep. Four of ...
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