The following are the top stories in the national and international press today.
All national newspapers lead with yesterday's incident which saw the Government deny entry to a tanker that saved 102 migrants but disobeyed orders to take them back to Libya, the closest safe port of call.
Times of Malta says that 94 per cent of the 398 people who took part in a public consultation exercise believe all animals should be banned from circuses.
In-Nazzjon says that the government has dismissed the chief executive of the Housing Authority who it had confirmed in May.
L-Orizzont says that, according to Eurostat, Malta was the biggest consumer in the European Union last June.
The Malta Independent reports a press conference given by Education Minister Evarist Bartolo during which he said that increasing parents' involvement in the governance of state schools was crucial to their children's education.
International news
An intercepted secret message between al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri and his deputy in Yemen about plans for a major terror attack was the trigger that set off the current shutdown of many US embassies, two officials told The Associated Press.
Asahi Shimbun reports some 50,000 people stood for a minute of silence in Hiroshima’s peace park near the epicenter of the early morning blast on August 6, 1945, that killed up to 140,000 people.
The Washington Post reports 76 US senators have urged President Barack Obama to impose tougher sanctions on Iran, saying Washington must stress its military option even as new President Hassan Rowhani urges dialogue.
Al Jazeera reports protesters clashed with police forces as a Turkish court handed down judgements in a conspiracy case that has exposed deep divisions in the country. The court convicted Turkey’s former military chief, retired General Ilker Basbug to life in prison after fiunding him guilty of trying to overthrow the government.
Reuters reports Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has accused Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Garcia-Margallo of “sabre-rattling” and behaving like North Korea by saying it could impose border fees and airspace controls on the British territory whose sovereignty it disputes.
The Daily Mirror says veteran Australian entertainer Rolf Harris has been re-arrested by UK police in connection with further allegations of sexual offences. The 83-year-old was first arrested in March this year on suspicion of sexual offences, after being interviewed under caution last November.
The world’s first test-tube burger, made from lab-grown meat, was cooked and served in London. The 142-grm patty, which cost €289,000 to produce, was dished up before an invited audience.
The secrets of Russian President Vladimir Putin's buff physique and youthful appearance are the result of herbal health remedies and swimming regularly to combat stress, his doctor revealed Monday. Putin “doesn't look his age”, the Kremlin's top doctor Sergei Mironov told Russian weekly Itogui, chiefly because the 60-year-old is “sceptical about medication”.
Bureaucracy did not spare even Nelson Mandela. Mail & Guardian says that while still in hospital, he faced the threat of having the electricity supply in his elegant Johannesburg villa cut off for having failed to pay the bill.