lowering

Zelensky signs law lowering draft age to 25 in bid to boost military ranks

by

KYIV — Ukrainian men as young as 25 can now be conscripted into military service after President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a new law Tuesday lowering the draft age — a bid to replenish Kyiv’s badly depleted troop ranks more than two years into Russia’s invasion. Lowering the conscription age, which had been 27, was the … Read more

Indonesia’s top court rules against lowering age limit of presidential, vice presidential candidates

by

Indonesia’s top court has ruled against lowering the minimum age of presidential and vice presidential candidates as the country gears up for election in 2024 ByEDNA TARIGAN Associated Press and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press October 16, 2023, 4:52 AM Judges preside over the hearing on a petition seeking to lower the minimum age of presidential … Read more