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- The proposed company would separate FIFA’s commercial and event operations while FIFA retained majority control; FIFA says it could generate more than $10 billion for development.
- UEFA has called an emergency meeting of its 55 associations, while Asian and North American confederations have also raised concerns.
- FIFA’s 211 member associations must decide by September 19 whether to support the proposal, which also requires FIFA Council approval.
- Authorities reported at least 23 deaths following an explosion at an Aeon mall in Kumamoto, while the number of injured people was not immediately specified.
- Vehicle-mounted video captured the blast roughly half an hour after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake hit the area.
- Military units joined rescue crews searching the destroyed mall and nearby sites as officials worked to determine how many people remained missing.
- An unidentified object entered Polish airspace and crashed near Tarnawa-Kolonia; no casualties were reported.
- Officials reported deaths and injuries across Kryvyi Rih, Poltava, Lviv and Kyiv after overnight strikes.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged allies to provide anti-ballistic missiles, while the European Union condemned the attack.
- The fire service reported that three firefighters died on Wednesday during wildfire operations in Greece.
- Near Rethymno, crews included 156 firefighters, eight ground units, 33 engines, four helicopters and four aircraft.
- Strong winds accelerated the Rethymno fire and made it harder for ground crews to contain the blaze.
- The Canadian intern of Chinese origin appealed a Belgian order placing her in pretrial detention for one month, prosecutors said.
- She is accused of espionage for an unidentified third country and membership in a criminal organisation while working at SHAPE in Mons.
- The appeal was filed with Belgium’s Indictments Chamber, which must rule within 15 days, the Federal Prosecutor’s Office said.
- Fires in southwestern Crete forced villages in the Rethymno region and tourists near Agia Galini to evacuate.
- About 8,000 people were evacuated, Crete deputy governor Maria Lioni said.
- Three firefighters died while responding to separate blazes on Crete and mainland Greece.
- The US military said it struck dozens of IRGC targets, including command centers, missile facilities and coastal defense sites in Iran.
- Iranian authorities reported three deaths and two injured children after a residential building was struck on Qeshm Island; two people remained trapped.
- Jordan’s armed forces said air defenses intercepted five missiles launched from Iran toward the kingdom, with no casualties reported there.
- Richard Wagner’s Rienzi opened Bayreuth’s 150th anniversary festival for the first time, amid debate over Adolf Hitler’s documented fondness for the opera.
- Alexandra Szemerédy and Magdolna Parditka depict Rienzi’s rise through elections, subsequent military dictatorship and eventual death after losing power.
- Nathalie Stutzmann, the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and the production team received standing ovations at the premiere.
- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Myanmar had agreed to accept 5,000 Rohingya asylum seekers from Malaysia.
- UNHCR records showed about 126,000 Rohingya were registered in Malaysia at the end of February.
- Myanmar’s presidential office had not responded by Thursday to Anwar’s statement, according to the report.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed its vote on Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination while efforts continued to secure sufficient support.
- Republican senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis sought written assurances about the abandoned compensation fund and limits on Donald Trump’s tax-audit protection.
- The Justice Department sent the senators revised language on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
- The U.S. military said it struck dozens of Iranian Revolutionary Guard targets, including command centers, missile and drone facilities, and coastal defenses.
- The strikes followed Iranian attacks on a Jordanian base hosting U.S. troops, while Jordan said its forces intercepted five Iranian missiles.
- U.S. and Saudi forces struck Iran-backed militia sites in Iraq; the U.S. military said at least 20 fighters and six Iranian advisers were killed.
- The International Organization for Migration estimates that roughly 300,000 people from more than 80 countries are exploited in Asian scam compounds.
- Amy Pope said fraudulent job advertisements lure recruits before their documents are confiscated and they are forced to conduct online fraud.
- Myanmar’s military-backed parliament approved penalties, including execution, for using violence or coercion to force people into online scams.