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ARBIL, IRAQ:  US defence chief Ashton Carter said on Sunday that an operation to isolate the Islamic State group in Syria's Raqqa should begin...

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is poised to release a much-anticipated report on shutting down Guantanamo Bay, even as Congress battles to block the transfer of the military prison inmates from Cuba to US soil.

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Friday nominated veteran defense expert Ashton Carter as his defense secretary, a job that will require him to tackle messy wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan and try to fend off potentially damaging budget cuts.