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President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to stop sending weapons directly to Kurdish militants battling Islamic State in Syria, dealing a political blow to the U.S.’s most reliable ally in the civil war.

South Korea’s compulsory military service, long regarded as sacrosanct in a nation still technically at war with North Korea, faces a legal test over whether citizens can refuse to serve because of their beliefs.

The European Union, at its “Eastern Partnership” summit in Brussels, discussed trade and other ties with its neighbors to the east, but the bloc carefully scaled back its ambitions.