The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press
The Times leads with the resignation of three Education Ministry officials blamed for the suspension of EU education funds. The newspaper also reports that Malta posted the second highest greenhouse gas emissions rise in the EU.
The Malta Independent also leads with the resignation. It also says that parent education courses ‘should be mandatory' according to a University lecturer.
l-orizzont highlights Labour's call for Education Minister Dolores Cristina to resign in view of the suspension of EU education programmes. The newspaper also asks if the new dockyard owners would give priority to the engagement of Maltese workers. In a third story it says Gozo Channel Capt Mario Grech has discredited the inquiry made into his allegations about the ferries.
In-Nazzjon says the resignation of three Education Ministry officials has been accepted. The newspaper also reports how the new owners of the dockyard have said they want to restore credibility to the dockyard.
The overseas press:
Evrensel reports that Turkey has held funerals for the nine activists killed in Israel's raid on a Gaza aid flotilla amid emotional scenes. The bodies were flown from Israel to Istanbul, along with more than 450 activists, to a heroes' welcome.
Chumuriyet quotes Turkish President Abdullah Gul saying relations between the two countries would "never be the same". In an emotional speech at Istanbul airport, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc accused Israel of "piracy" and "barbarism and oppression". Turkey, which has had relatively warm ties with Israel in recent history, recalled its ambassador after the incident on Monday.
The Jerusalem Post says Israel has rejected international calls for an investigation into its deadly raid. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was "no case in recent history" where a democratic country's army involved in the deaths of civilians in an overseas operation has been subjected to an international investigation. Israel's military is already investigating the raid.
President Obama has described the situation as "tragic". But in an interview on CNN, to be aired later, he also says Israel does have "legitimate security concerns" in Gaza.
Le Soir reports Brussels police are still hunting for a gunman who killed a female magistrate and a court clerk during a legal hearing in the heart of the city. The double shooting, by a man believed to be of Albania origin, happened in a civil court which hears domestic disputes, including divorce and other family matters.
Gazete Oku says a Catholic bishop has been stabbed to death in Turkey, a day before he was due to meet the pope. Luigi Padovese, the pope's apostolic vicar in Anatolia, was attacked outside his home in the Mediterranean port of Iskenderun, allegedly by his driver for the last four and a half years and was mentally instable.
Bangladesh Observer reports that at least 85 people have been killed and more than 100 injured by a fire that tore through a row of crowded buildings in Dhaka. A wedding party was under way.
Berliner Zeitung reports that Germany's government has nominated Christian Wulff, the 50-year-old governor of Lower Saxony, as its candidate for the nation's presidency after President Horst Koehler's surprise resignation on Monday. Wulff is a deputy leader of Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats and is widely expected to be elected on June 30 by an assembly of 1,244 state and federal lawmakers, where Merkel's coalition has a majority.
Variety announces Rue McClanahan, the Emmy-winning actor who brought the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux to life on The Golden Girls, has died of a stroke. She was 76. In 1997, she had undergone treatment for breast cancer and had heart bypass surgery last year.
Mail & Guardian says Nelson Mandela's family insist that the 91-year-old former South African leader is too frail to be at the opening of the 2010 World Cup tournament, contradicting claims by Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile , that the leader of the anti-apartheid struggle planned to go to the first match on June 11 and the final a month later. Mr Stofile had told The Star newspaper, "He requested four tickets for the opening and closing ceremonies, and the organisers have granted his wish."