DW spoke with current and former female service members in India's military about the challenges they face rising through the ranks, and about the role women can play in the armed forces.

Hegseth, a veteran and former Fox News host, pushed back on allegations that he disparaged women serving in the military under tough questioning from women on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

From late 2024 onward, a claim circulated online that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said women should not serve in military combat roles. Shortly after President Donald Trump nominated him ...

A seminar marking the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW) was held in Mannheim, Germany, on 11 January. The seminar was attended by representatives of ...

The large military offensive launched by Ethiopia on May 11 allowed its forces to capture several Eritrean communities and to move towards Barentu, in south-western Eritrea, albeit at the cost of ...

With the new administration, the focus is expected to shift towards the Department of Defense, potentially benefiting military women's healthcare. "With the changing of administrations ...

More recently Hegseth has walked this back this blanket assertion, saying: “We support all women serving in our military today who do a fantastic job across the globe, in our Pentagon ...

The United States Should Openly Support Regime Change in Eritrea: Africa may be the world ... Youth Association, the corollary Women’s Association, or the Mahberekom Association that organizes ...

The United States hasn’t had a military draft since 1973, but men between the ages of 18-25 are still required to register ...

After the bombing of the Eritrean military base at Sawa in western Eritrea, Ethiopian MiG 23's again entered into action against Masawa on May 16. But the two countries' air forces have suffered ...

Pete Hegseth came under fire from Senators of both parties weighing his nomination to lead the Defense Department over his past comments about women serving in the military, putting the first of ...