French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Europe to “wake up” and spend more on defense, in a speech to the French ...

In his New Year's address to the armed forces, President Emmanuel Macron called for a revision of France's military strategy, ...

The French president said that while he does not want to reinstate mandatory military service, he wants to see more young ...

Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, said on Friday that about 450,000 people had signed contracts ...

Known as “Lefty,” Nancy Leftenant-Colon was one of six siblings who served in the military, including a brother who was a ...

Code name? “Perseus. Number of soldiers mobilized? 3200. According to the specialist website Intelligence Online, France has ...

A colossal bronze statue of Joan of Arc will be removed from public display in the French city of Nice just three months after it was unveiled, after judges ruled the city had breached public ...

Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels steadily inching closer to the city in eastern Congo as they battle the Congolese army. Bombs were heard going off in the ...

All over France you can find memorials and statues erected to remember the contributions made by French officers and soldiers in World War One. What’s unusual about this statue is that the ...

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