Trump wants to bring order to liberal cities, with military deployment planned for weeks

SINGAPORE, May 31 — US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth warned on Saturday that the threat from China was real and potentially imminent as he pushed allies in the Indo-Pacific to spend more on their own defence needs.

WASHINGTON, March 21 — Billionaire Elon Musk, US President Donald Trump's close ally, is due to be briefed today by the Pentagon on the US military's plan for any war that might break out with China, the New York Times reported yesterday, citing US officials.

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 — The explosion outside the Kabul airport has resulted in an unknown number of casualties, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday.