But the programme has been accused of using deception in its recruitment practices, and of making its young recruits work in ...

War Secretary Pete Hegseth slams Pentagon bureaucracy as Soviet-style central planning that threatens US defense capabilities ...

Two Russian mobsters have each been sentenced to 25 years in prison for agreeing to try to assassinate Iranian American ...

Sisters Yana and Nastya serve in Ukraine's army, fighting against Russia's invasion of their country. They told DW that their ...

Some African women brought in as trainees have been stuck in Russia amid its war with Ukraine. The victims told BBC that they went to Russia with hopes of jobs which ended up as false. On her first ...

I’m a brave woman. I’m a strong woman. They couldn’t break me. But they brought fear to my life. These criminals turned my ...

Maria Alyokhina reveals the conditions she endured in one of the remote penal colonies where opponents of Vladimir Putin face ...

The South African government says it will investigate how 17 of its citizens were tricked into fighting as mercenaries in the Russia-Ukraine war after they asked for help to escape the conflict ...

A new investigation has revealed that young women from Africa were recruited to work in Russia last year with the promise of ...

Freed in a major prisoner swap, Aleksandra Skochilenko said “the values of freedom of speech, of peace, could be more ...

Authorities say women are marrying servicemen in an attempt to get the death payouts that go to their families.

21:06, Mon, Oct 13, 2025 Updated: 21:11, Mon, Oct 13, 2025 Two Russian women involved in a scheme which lured hundreds of Cubans to Russia under false pretences have reportedly been sent to the front ...