Iraq reopens its airspace to commercial flights, Iraqi News Agency reports.

China breaks ground on $11.3B Three Gorges waterway expansion, adding world's largest inland ship lock to double annual throughput to 336M tonnes. Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang launched construction Monday in Yichang, Hubei province.

China has begun construction of a mega waterway project on the Yangtze River, including what will become the world's largest inland ship lock, in response to rising shipping demand.

China launches mega waterway project on world's third-longest river, the Yangtze, state media reports.

China has initiated a major waterway construction project on the Yangtze River, the world's third-longest river, according to state media Xinhua.

Pope Leo XIV to visit Barcelona on June 10, inaugurate 172.5-meter Tower of Jesus Christ at Sagrada Familia, marking completion of Gaudí's masterpiece as world's tallest church.

This week, 100 years on from Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí's death, Pope Leo XIV will visit Barcelona and his most famous creation, the Sagrada Familia, on June 10 to inaugurate its 172.5-meter Tower of Jesus Christ. The structure's completion makes the Sagrada Familia the tallest church in the world.

Missile remnants from Iranian barrage land near Jericho in West Bank; smoke reported at Israeli settlement in northern West Bank

Remnants of a missile fired towards Israel fell in an unpopulated area of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, near Jericho. In the northern West Bank, smoke was seen rising in an Israeli settlement following a strike in the latest Iranian barrage.