Soldiering is voluntary for women in most countries, but conscription is on the rise. DW provides an overview of women in the military worldwide.

JURIST Staff, US Sri Lanka’s civil war (1983-2009) between government forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a separatist Tamil militant and political ...

During WWI and WWII, the Women’s Land Army contributed greatly to food production in Britain. These women worked tirelessly ...

Ine Eriksen Søreide will give the 2025 commencement address at 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 25, at Luther College's Carlson Stadium.

A Coldstream Guard raped a female soldier while she slept after a date and told her “shh, go back to sleep”, a court martial hearing has heard. Lance Corporal Jordan Morris and the woman ...

Lithuania said on Monday (March 31) rescuers have recovered the armoured vehicle of four missing U.S. soldiers that last week ...

A Coldstream Guard raped a sleeping female soldier, telling her 'Shh, go back to sleep' as he sexually attacked her, a court martial heard. Lance Corporal Jordan Morris and the woman were on ...

Three of the four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing in Lithuania last week when their vehicle sunk in a peat bog have been found dead at the site, while the search for the remaining soldier is ...

and Sgt. Jose Duenez, 25, of Joliet, Ill., three of the four soldiers who were killed in a training accident near Pabradė, Lithuania, in March 2025. (Department of Defense via AP) ...

A man who punched a female driver in Seremban, Negri Sembilan, as seen in a viral video, has been released on bail. Seremban OCPD Mohamad Hatta Che Din said the 35-year-old man, a soldier ...