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South Korea may conduct survey on BTS members’ military duty

South Korea may conduct a public survey to help determine whether to grant exemptions to mandatory military service to members of the K-pop boyband BTS, officials said. The issue of active military service for the band’s seven members has been a ...

31 Aug 2022 at 23:44

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Israeli supreme court says ultra-Orthodox Jewish men must serve in military

Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel ...

25 Jun 2024 at 09:47

What was national service and how does it work in other countries?

Eighteen-year-olds would be forced to carry out a form of national service if the Tories win the General Election, Rishi Sunak has announced. The most recent form of compulsory national service, which required all physically fit male ...

26 May 2024 at 17:14

Father pays tribute to soldier son as ‘brave soul’ after his death in Ukraine

A former British Army soldier who died fighting the Russians in Ukraine was a “brave soul”, his father has said. Liam Love, 24, who grew up in Coventry, was killed by a mortar bomb in Lyman in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine ...

01 Nov 2024 at 12:20

Starmer holds talks with Cypriot president in first PM visit since 1971

Sir Keir Starmer said the UK-Cyprus relationship could be taken to “an even stronger level” as he met the country’s president in Nicosia for talks on the Middle East amid fresh upheaval in Syria. The Prime Minister also thanked ...

10 Dec 2024 at 13:14

LGBT veterans hope financial redress scheme will be revealed

Veterans who suffered mistreatment in the armed forces under the “gay ban” are hoping details of a financial redress scheme could finally be revealed to them this week. Under the ban which lasted until the year 2000, serving ...

11 Dec 2024 at 07:08

D-Day veteran dies at the age of 98

The family of a D-Day veteran who died a week before his 99th birthday have said “he will be missed by so many”. Norman “Norrie” Bartlett, from Frogmore, Hampshire, died on Monday, at Frimley Park Hospital. The 98-year-old ...

19 Mar 2025 at 12:28

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Netanyahu’s government faces possible collapse as opposition aims to dissolve it

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faces a major test after the opposition submitted a bill to dissolve it, with his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners threatening to support the measure and force early ...

11 Jun 2025 at 12:55

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Tribute paid to Coleraine veteran (106) as he receives BEM

The Princess Royal has paid tribute to a 106-year-old military veteran as she presented him with the British Empire Medal (BEM). Anne attended a garden party at Hillsborough Castle in Co Down during a visit to Northern ...

11 Sept 2025 at 11:33

Princess Royal pays tribute to veteran, 106, as he receives British Empire Medal

10 Sept 2025 at 17:43

US veteran becomes first to get new bionic arm designed by UK firm

A US military veteran who lost her left arm during the war in Iraq has become the first to be fitted with a new rugged bionic arm inspired by the Call Of Duty video game, a British firm has said. Danielle ...

02 Oct 2025 at 08:09

Harry meets Canadian soldiers ahead of Remembrance Day

The Duke of Sussex has spent time with Canadian soldiers ahead of Remembrance Day. Harry met with soldiers from the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada and the Royal Regiment of Canada and discussed the units’ ...

05 Nov 2025 at 22:17

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