These are the main headlines of the local and international newspapers.
The Marsaxlokk fishermen's tragedy and the search for 11-year-old Theo, the son of the only survivor Simon Bugeja, still dominate the headlines.
The Sunday Times reports Mrs Bugeja was overcome with “indescribable happiness” after finding out last Friday that her husband was alive. But she was deflated soon after that she discovered that reports of her son making also making it were false. His father told rescuers that Theo had slipped from a float and into the sea last Friday.
The Malta Independent on Sunday says that a defective freezer might have cause an explosion on the fishing trawler. It also says most Maltese are in favour of public transport liberalisation.
Malta Today says fishermen are “up in arms af AFM’s search and rescue”. The newspaper also carries a picture saying Transport Federation president Victor Bugeja was among transport workers who protested outside the residence of Transport Minister Austin Gatt.
Il-Mument leads with an account of what Simon Bugeja went through after the explosion, as recounted by Raymond Bugeja, the owner of the Grecale, who picked him up from the sea after his ordeal.
Illum says the search for Theo continues.
it-torċa reports on what it calls the “mysterious explosion” on board the Simshar and says that a corpse picked up late yesterday may be that of the Eritrean who was part of the crew.
KullĦadd quotes fisherman Anthony Carabott saying that three of the fishermen would have been found had other fishermen they not followed AFM advice to stay away (the claim has been denied by the AFM).
The Press in Britain…
The Independent on Sunday devotes its front page to Gordon Brown's trip to Iraq and Barack Obama's visit to Afghanistan,saying this signals and new united and coherent approach to the war on terror.
The Observer says Brown has outlined a four-point road map paving the way for an end to Britain's involvement in Iraq. The paper also says the former head of the police investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance is to launch an "explosive" book on the case.
The Sunday Times has been given a video message which claims one of five British hostages seized in Baghdad more than a year ago has committed suicide. The video also features footage of one of the men - named only as Alan - pleading with the Government to take action to allow him to return home.
The Mail on Sunday claims the head of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Ian Blair, is accused of awarding contracts to a firm run by his close personal friend.
According to the News of The World, Cheeky Girl Gabriela Irimia has suffered a secret miscarriage after falling pregnant by MP Lembit Opik. The front page also features Thomas Beatie, who gave birth to baby Susan despite now living as a man.
The Sunday Telegraph says NHS surgeons are to be paid bonuses based on the number of lives they save.
The Sunday Express claims Sir Richard Branson and his daughter, who recently qualified as a doctor, are planning to bid to run the new generation of GP super-surgeries.
The Sunday Mirror says Heather Mills has taken her boyfriend and 20 friends on holiday to the Caribbean.
And elsewhere…
Sydney’s Sunday Telegraph leads with Pope Benedict’s declaration that “the spirit of the Church is alive and well but is in need of renewal” as he celebrated the final mass of World Youth Day in the "great south land of the Holy Spirit".
Sinn Féin has told The Irish Times that French president Nicolas Sarkozy is fooling himself if he thinks Irish voters will change their minds about the Lisbon Treaty. Sinn Fein, which was the only major political party to oppose the Lisbon Treaty,was reacting to an interview in the same paper during which Sarkozy says the purpose of his visit tomorrow is to understand why Ireland rejected the treaty.
La Tribune de Genéve says Iran and the EU's chief negotiators are to resume talks on suspending uranium enrichment in two weeks.
Al Ahram quotes the Arab League saying genocide charges brought against Sudan's president by the International Criminal Court are unacceptable and undermine that country's sovereignty.
The Himalayan Times says the newly elected Nepalese constituent assembly has failed to elect the country's first president.
Korea Daly News reports South Korean sect leader 88-year-old Sun Myung Moon and his wife have been injured along with several other people in an emergency helicopter landing north of Seoul. Moon founded the controversial Unification Church in 1954.
Jerusalem Post reveals that the former head of Israeli military intelligence, 80-year-old Eli Zeira, faces an inquiry after a leak that Ashraf Marwan, an Egyptian-born millionaire who was found dead in London in 2007, was a double agent spying for Israel.
O Globo reports that the police have arrested a man suspected of stealing two Pablo Picasso prints last month from a museum in Sao Paulo and recovered one of the works.
Variety says actress and producer Salma Hayek, 41, has called off her engagement to François-Henri Pinault, the 46-year-old millionaire French businessman and father of her daughter. The Ugly Betty producer, the first Mexican nominated for a best actress Oscar, had been expected to marry Pinault next spring.
The Hollywood Reporter quotes a Warner Bros executive saying the film Dark Knight set a one-day box office record with $66.2 million.