U2's Bono suggests sending Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Sacha Baron Cohen to combat extremism and other top stories.

• U2's Bono suggests sending Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Sacha Baron Cohen to combat extremism

  

  U2's Bono suggests sending Amy Schumer, Chris Rock, Sacha Baron Cohen to combat extremism Updated April 13, 2016 11:02:31 U2 frontman Bono has provided a novel suggestion to a US Senate committee for combating Islamic State and extremism — send in comedians Amy Schumer, Chris Rock and Sacha Baron Cohen.Addressing a Senate sub-committee that oversees funding for campaigns against violent extremism, the rock star and anti-poverty campaigner said using violence in respon..

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• Boko Haram using more children as suicide bombers, UNICEF says

  DAKAR, Senegal — As it torments West Africa, Boko Haram is increasingly turning to children to carry out its crimes.One of every five suicide bombers deployed by Boko Haram in the past two years has been a child, usually a girl, according to a report released Tuesday by UNICEF. Advertisement Boko Haram used 44 children in suicide attacks last year, compared with four in 2014, the report found.The youngest bomber so far was thought to be 8 years old.The report seeks to quantify one of the mos..

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• Two more suspects charged in Brussels attack probe

  

  Ben Affleck has been confirmed to return as Batman in a standalone movie reports Hollywood Reporter. The CEO and chairman of Warner Bros., Kevin Tsujihara confirmed the news on Tuesday at the annual CinemaCon in Las Vegas. It was also confirmed that Affleck will not only star in the movie but will also direct. Affleck is currently appearing as Batman alongside Henry Cavill's Superman in Zack Snyder-directed "Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice". A date for the movie ..

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• China's patriots among us: Beijing pulls new lever of influence in Australia

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Chinese-Australians call on government to see things their way Local Chinese-Australian action committees have called on the Australian government to recognise China'€™s claim to large parts of the South China Sea. PT2M6S 620 349 As Malcolm Turnbull prepares to embark on his first official visit to China as prime minister, some 60 Chinese community leaders in Australia gathered in Sydney urging him to watch his words when discussing the South Ch..

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• Greece to speed up asylum decisions

  

  Greece to speed up asylum decisionsAAPApril 12, 2016 10:35PMSavePrint Greece to speed up asylum decisionsGreece says authorities would start ruling on asylum applications from hundreds of migrants in the next two weeks, in a major test of a new deal to try and control the flow of people trying to reach Europe.Asylum applications in Greece have been piling up since March, when the European Union and Turkey signed an agreement intended to close off the main route into Europe for over a million re..

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• The Panama Papers: Maltese leaders told Mossack Fonseca of secret gaming plan

  

  A Malta advisory firm told Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca last October that two senior figures in the Maltese government would use Panama companies to hold shares in recycling and remote gaming companies.The government of prime minister Joseph Muscat is facing a no confidence vote in parliament after a mass protest on Sunday, after The Australian Financial Review detailed the offshore holdings of Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi and Mr Muscat's chief of staff, Keith Schembri, and their attempt to ..

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• Court rules against gay couple in China's first same-sex marriage case

  

  Court rules against gay couple in China's first same-sex marriage case Same sex statues adorn the top of a wedding cake at a wedding specialists store in England. Photo: Getty Images Beijing: A Chinese court has ruled against formalising the marriage of a gay couple on Wednesday, in the country's first ever same-sex marriage case.The court in the city of Changsha, capital of the Hunan province, handed down its decision on a case filed by Sun Wenlin, 26, in ..

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• Man throws bucket of boiling water on co-worker over last piece of sausage

  

  Kamilia Palu - Yahoo7 News on April 13, 2016, 10:15 am Video Man pours boiling water over co-worker over last piece of sausage A man has been sentenced to five years and seven months behind bars after emptying a bucket of boiling water over the head of a colleague because he had eaten the last piece of his girlfriend's hot dog.After making himself a coffee, Kian-wee Show filled a bucket with hot water and calmly walked over to where his co-worker, Bin Wu, was sitting and eating lunch in t..

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• Setback for Dilma Rousseff?

  Anti-impeachment protesters attend a rally while former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 'Lula', speaks supporting President Dilma in the historic Lapa neighborhood on Monday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.PHOTO:GETTY IMAGES A Brazilian congressional committee on Monday recommended impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, setting the stage for a crucial vote in the lower house to decide whether she should face trial.The committee voted 38 to 27 in favor of Rousseff's ouster. Both sides yel..

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• Amsterdam Airport security scare

  

  Amsterdam Airport security scare

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