The plan leaves the door open for parliament to introduce mandatory service at least for a limited number of people in future, possibly selected at random.

Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, has voted to introduce voluntary military service, in a move aimed at boosting national defences after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It marks a significant shift in Germany's approach to its military and follows Chancellor Friedrich Merz's push to create Europe's strongest conventional army.

Legal experts call Pentagon's 'double tap' strike on shipwrecked survivors a textbook war crime, questioning military lawyer's role in operation.

The president floated Colombia as a possible target, saying potential strikes wouldn't be limited to "just Venezuela."

The issue of forcing citizens to serve in the military is back as the war between Russia and Ukraine grinds on.

It stops short of reintroducing conscription, though it leaves open the possibility of compulsory service for at least a limited number should the need arise.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says in the video that there must be "consequences" for carrying out unlawful orders.

The federal government has disclosed the first eight projects to be managed by the new Defence Investment Agency.

Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reports on the Reagan National Defense Forum, where top Pentagon officials discuss the nation’s defense priorities on ‘America Reports.’

China has expanded reefs into military outposts to tighten its control over the South China Sea.