The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
Times of Malta says former MP Anthony Zammit gave a gripping account of the attack he suffered by intruders six years ago.
l-orizzont reports how a quarter of Maltese families are single parent families. It also reports how the waiting list for cataract operations is to be drastically reduced.
In-Nazzjon says those at the core of the Labour Party and the GWU are continuing to make money.
The Malta Independent says a freedom of information request for the government’s electricity contract with Electrogas has been lodged .
The overseas press
Turkish police have fired tear gas and water cannons at thousands of demonstrators in Istanbul and Ankara who demanded the government’s resignation over the country’s deadliest mining disaster. Hurryiet reports 274 bodies have so far been recovered from the mine at Soma with more than a 100 still missing.
Ansa says Premier Matteo Renzi has accused the European Union of looking the other way as Italy struggled to cope with a mounting migrant crisis. “Europe explains everything about how to catch swordfish, but it turns its head when we go to rescue people in trouble,” he said.
Reuters says Libyan soldiers in charge of securing the prime minister's office blocked cars from leaving the building in protest at not having been paid.
Ukraine's interim President Oleksandr Turchynov has said that Russia's hotly disputed annexation of Crimea in March had cost his country some €73 billion. According to AFP, he told the first phase of the round-table talks on Ukraine's deepening crisis that Russian “aggression” had not stopped and had spread to the east, where Kiev was battling an armed insurgency.
Thailand Times reports two people have been killed and 22 others injured in the capital Bangkok in a grenade and gun attack on anti-government demonstrators. The protesters had moved into the area to press the Thai senate to move the caretaker administration and appoint a new prime minister.
El Universal says police in Venezuela have detained at least 80 demonstrators who were demanding the release of people arrested in recent anti-government protests. More than 40 people have been killed in month of unrest across the country.
Depression is the top global cause of illness and disability for adolescents, with suicide the third-biggest cause of death, the World Health Organization said. The Lancet says the finding is in a new report by the UN agency, which has pulled together a wealth of published evidence with direct consultations with 10 to 19-year-olds around the world to assess the health issues that affect them.
Members of the Duma have been considering legislation which would ban the advertising of pharmaceutical products, including condoms and pregnancy tests. The ban would also apply to adverts for abortions, which were made illegal last year, said the Newsru.ru website. The ban on condom ads and campaigns distributing free condoms is being considered even though the HIV virus is still very widespread. .
Sueddeutsche Zeitung reports four Italian Bayern Munich fans, who displayed a homophobic banner, will pay the club €2,000 each and do 10 hours of community service. Bayern were fined €10,000 euros after the fans, from Bayern's Tirol-based fan club, displayed a “Gay Gunners” banner aimed at Arsenal during the Champions League match on March 11.