1. Suicide bomber in front of US embassy in Afghanistan angry about anti-Taliban fliers

A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up outside an American base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, Afghan officials said, in an attack the Taliban claimed was revenge for a US leaflet deemed highly offensive to Muslims. US and Afghan authorities confirmed several people were wounded in the late afternoon attack at Bagram Airfield, America's largest base in the country. The Taliban claimed responsibility and said it was in retaliation for ‘their insult to the Islamic creed. A spokeswoman for the Parwan provincial governor said "a suicide attacker on a motorbike detonated himself at the third gate of Bagram airbase". The attacker was riding a motorcycle. Three wounded can be confirmed," said Najib Danish, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry.

From The Guardian:

“The leaflets depicted a lion chasing a dog bearing a Qur’anic passage that appears on banners used by Taliban militants. However, the passage used is also the basic Islamic statement of faith, and associating one of Islam’s most sacred texts with a dog, considered unclean in Islam, could cause offence.”

The US military apologized for the contents of the flyer.



2. More boatloads of illegal migrants wash up on Italian shores:



3. No Prosecution Necessary: UK Police Force Issues over 100 Cautions for Rape, Sexual Assault Against Children

Campaigners and politicians have expressed concern over the revelation that Hampshire Police handed more than 100 cautions for rape and other serious sexual offences in the past five years. Crimes including sex with children under the age of 18 and incest were met by the force with police cautions — formal warnings that serve as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases — according to an investigation by the Hampshire Chronicle. Since 2014, Hampshire constabulary have cautioned four people for rape, and another six for serious sexual assaults including five counts which were carried out on children under the age of 16.



4. Another cell, this time of five jihadis, busted for planning terror in Melilla Spain



5. Workers in Greece's asylum service launch two-day strike

Greek asylum service employees on short-term contracts launched a two-day strike Wednesday to protest months-long delays in their salary payments. Their union said they have not been paid for two or three months. A statement said several employees living in rented accommodation face the threat of eviction, having fallen behind in their rent payments.



6. Germany: Iraq investigating four over Islamic State links

Germany's Foreign Ministry says Iraqi prosecutors have opened an investigation into four Germans, including a teenage girl, who were detained in Iraq on suspicion of sympathizing with the Islamic State group. German officials said in July that the four — all female, including 16-year-old Linda Wenzel — were found in Iraq as Mosul was liberated from the Islamic State group. They have been trying to determine whether the four can return to Germany, where all face an investigation. Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said Wednesday that Iraqi authorities have opened investigations against the Germans. He said he doesn't have details of what they're accused of and German authorities haven't yet seen an indictment. Schaefer noted that Iraq is entitled under international law to insist that the four stand trial there.



7. Myanmar Allegedly Laying Mines on Bangladesh Border Amid Rohingya Muslim Exodus

As the recent escalation in violence in Myanmar has resulted in hundreds of Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, an exclusive Reuters report claims that Myanmari troops have been laying landmines across a section of the border between the two states. "They are putting down the landmines in their territory along a barbed-wire fence situated between a series of border pillars," two Bangladeshi government source have told Reuters in an exclusive interview. According to the sources, such actions may have been aimed at preventing the return of Rohingya Muslims back into Myanmar..." As the recent escalation in violence in Myanmar has resulted in hundreds of Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, an exclusive Reuters report claims that Myanmari troops have been laying landmines across a section of the border between the two states. “They are putting down the landmines in their territory along a barbed-wire fence situated between a series of border pillars,” two Bangladeshi government source have told Reuters in an exclusive interview. According to the sources, such actions may have been aimed at preventing the return of Rohingya Muslims back into Myanmar.



8. Two arrested in anti-terrorism operation near Paris

“Two men have been arrested after the discovery of explosives and bomb components at an apartment in Villejuif, a suburb of Paris, local media reports.”



9. Hungarian PM Orban: “The Islamization of Europe Is Real”

In a powerful address this week, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated that Hungary’s “fiercest opponents” do not come from within but from abroad, and that Europe is falling victim to “Islamization.” In his annual address to the Civic Picnic in Kötcse over the weekend, Orbán reiterated his opposition to heavy-handed outside influence in Hungarian affairs, as well as his conviction that Europeans have not yet come to grips with the real threat posed by Islam.



10. ISIS planning attacks against Western targets to boost morale, intelligence official warns