Nearly 300 foreign mercenaries hired by the Democratic Republic of Congo government to counter a swift offensive by ...

It has been a humiliating week for nearly 300 Romanian mercenaries recruited to fight on the side of the army in the ...

The French Foreign Legion: once infamous, now fighting a new battle. In French Guiana’s rainforest, they’re tracking illegal gold miners destroying nature. DW joined them on their mission.

Similarly, foreign soldiers in the French Foreign Legion can obtain citizenship after three years of service. In recent years, the Ukrainian military has welcomed foreign fighters from many corners of ...

President Donald J. Trump recently announced that he would name Charles Kushner, the wealthy real estate developer, political ...

Dozens of Romanian security contractors in the eastern DR Congo crossed the border into neighbouring Rwanda on Wednesday to ...

The British designer is due to receive France's highest civilian decoration in a ceremony after his fall 2025 menswear show for Dior on Friday.

The extremely active position of Paris regarding the need to ensure Kiev's "strong position" in the negotiation process with ...

Kim Jones is set to receive the French Legion of Honor award on Friday, January 24, becoming a Knight as he receives France’s ...

Getty Images Jean-Marie Le Pen (right) at a veterans rally in 1960 In 1954, Le Pen joined the French Foreign Legion. He was posted to Indochina - modern-day Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, at that ...