KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says South Sudan is supporting and hosting Sudanese rebels inside its territory, and has warned Juba to disarm them or face repercussions. In a speech to pro-government militias in South Darfur state quoted Tuesday by the official Sudanese Media Center, al-Bashir says that …

BEIJING – Manufacturing in China barely grew in April, continuing sluggish recent performance in the world’s second biggest economy. Data compiled by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing showed Friday that the manufacturing purchasing managers’ index came in at 50.1 in April, …

Beware of elitists — they’re usually wrong. Take the Beltway crowd’s growing indignation over celebrities entertaining political careers. “They’re making a mockery of the process,” says one. “What on earth does Arnold Schwarzenegger (search)know about governing anything?” chimes another. I say, says who? Look, if a celebrity, or an actor, …

Robert Redford | ‘Thirteen’ | Gregory Hines An Oscar for Redford at Last? Believe it or not, Robert Redford does not have an Academy Award for Best Actor on his nightstand. He has one for Best Director for “Ordinary People” in 1980. He also has a Thalberg Award for his …

BEIRUT – Syria’s state media is reporting that government forces are attacking Muslim militants on the outskirts of the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour. State TV said says government forces have closed all roads leading to the town, which was captured by Muslim militants late last month. The Britain-based Syrian …

BERLIN – The attorney for a former SS sergeant being tried on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder for serving as a guard at the Auschwitz death camp says his client plans to make another statement to the court. As the Lueneburg state court trial opened last month, Oskar Groening …

MADRID – Spanish police have arrested 16 people suspected of praising and encouraging terror acts by three radical Spanish groups. An Interior Ministry statement on Tuesday said the arrested used Internet social networks to praise past attacks against police and call for fresh ones against politicians, police and others. Other …

RICHMOND, Va. – Federal prosecutors say there is plenty of evidence to support former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s public corruption convictions. In court filings Thursday, prosecutors told the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that it’s clear McDonnell took steps to benefit a wealthy vitamin executive who lavished the former …

SALT LAKE CITY – Two Utah peace officers have been suspended without pay over a risque video shoot featuring bikini-clad women firing high-powered weapons. The Utah Department of Public Safety imposed the discipline in December on Rob Wilkinson, a Utah Highway Patrol sergeant, and Justin Hansen, a State Bureau of …

DETROIT – A man who said he walked 21 miles to and from work each day is settling into a new, suburban Detroit apartment after receiving thousands of dollars in online donations James Robertson said he feels more secure in Oakland County’s Troy after moving north from his Detroit home …