The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
Times of Malta and l-orizzont report on industrial action by doctors on Tuesday. Times of Malta also says a horrified man saw his cousin fall to his death yesterday.
The Malta Independent reports that the police are tightening the ring on suspected East European burglars.
In-Nazzjon quotes Simon Busuttil saying the government is playing about with justice, freedom and democracy.
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The overseas press.
Al Ayyam quotes a Hamas spokesman saying it had no information about an Israeli soldier who is thought to have been captured in Gaza. He added the soldier, Second Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, 23, might have been killed during fighting in the enclave.
CNN says the US Senate has approved a Bill giving financial support to Israel’s missile defence system. The Bill provides $225 million to restock the Iron Dome System which has been used to shoot down dozens or rockets fired at Israel by Palestinian militants.
According to Libya Herald, some 2,000 people took to the streets of Benghazi on Friday to protest against Islamist militants and former rebel militias who have been fighting armed forces and taken over an important military base in the eastern Libyan city. More than 200 people have killed in the latest heavy clashes in Benghazi and Tripoli.
The Washington Times reports President Obama has admitted that the United States tortured al-Qaeda detainees captures following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. He said that things had been done that were contrary to American values.
Kyiv Post says international experts found the remains of more victims of the downed Malaysian airliner in east Ukraine on Friday. However, fighting nearby between government forces and pro-Russian rebels renewed security concerns around the wreckage.
Asia Times reports North Korea accused the United Nations Security Council on Friday of double standards by condemning Pyongyang's recent ballistic missiles launches while ignoring “provocative” joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea.
Two US tourists being held in North Korea have called on the US government to help secure their release from, in an interview with the Associated Press Television Network. North Korea has said the two, held since early May, would be put on trial for crimes against the state.
Freetown Daily News reports West African leaders have agreed to take stronger measures to try to bring the worst outbreak of Ebola under control and prevent it spreading outside the region, including steps to isolate rural communities ravaged by the disease. The World Health Organization and medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres said on Friday the outbreak, which has killed 729 people in four West African countries, was out of control and more resources were urgently needed to deal with it.
The Sydney Morning Herald says a Thai surrogate mother has received more than £72,000 in donations to care for her baby after an Australian couple refused to take him when they found out he has Down's syndrome. Three months after her IVF treatment, she discovered she was pregnant with twins. A month later, doctors discovered one of the babies had Down's syndrome. The baby’s plight provoked outrage in Australia when it emerged that the parents had left him behind but had taken his healthy twin sister.