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‘We will not enlist:’ Ultra-Orthodox in Israel vow to defy orders to serve in the military
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 20 hours agoThe protest highlighted the fault line in Israeli society between ultra-Orthodox Jews and other...
How Burkina Faso's junta is conscripting critics to fight Islamist rebels
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 32 minutes agoArouna Loure, a vocal critic of Burkina Faso's ruling military junta, received a conscription order...
US soldier charged in Japan for rape of minor
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoStill, accidents and crimes where the victims are Japanese have long stirred tension around the American presence. In 2012, a US Navy officer killed two...
Sri Lanka calls on Russia to discharge its citizens from army
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoSri Lanka has asked Russia to allow its former soldiers fighting in Moscow's war against Ukraine to...
Bolivia crushes attempted coup as president asks citizens to take to the streets
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoThe South American country of 12 million people saw its democracy in peril as armed soldiers tried...
Loss of Supreme Court legitimacy can lead to political violence
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 24 hours ago– as if to say, “We’ll get you next time, because we believe there will be a next time.” Risks ahead...
Why a tiny Pacific island hosted Julian Assange hearing
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoThis means its roughly 50,000 residents are US citizens, but cannot vote in presidential elections....
Bolivia coup: Army chief arrested after rebellion as president urges people to take to the streets
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoCommander Juan Jose Zuniga detained on suspicion of terrorism after armed uprising in La Paz as...
Julian Assange Granted Freedom After Pleading Guilty to Espionage
Time via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agocitizen. In 2015, the Swedish government dropped its sexual assault case, saying that the statue of...
Top court ruling ends decades-long army exemption for ultra-Orthodox Israelis
Euronews via Yahoo News Singapore· 7 days agoIsrael's Supreme Court has ruled that ultra-Orthodox men must be subject to compulsory military...