The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
Times of Malta reports how an ex-addict fears jail will lead to a return to drugs.
The Malta Independent says Marlene Farrugia filed a parliamentary question on its petition on the interception of communications.
l-orizzont and MaltaToday give top prominence to the death of three divers in two incidents in Gozo. The story is also taken up in the other newspapers.
In-Nazzjon says industrial action in the bus service continued yesterday. l-orizzont says the industrial action showed that the UHM lacks the confidence of bus drivers.
The overseas press
VOA News reports the United States has captured a key suspect in the 2012 attacked on its consulate in Benghazi that killed Ambassador Christopher Stephens and three other Americans.
Voice of Nigeria says an explosion has ripped through a venue in the northeastern part of the country where people had gathered to watch a World Cup football match.
Tribune de Genève reports UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged Iraq to reach out to all factions to stop sectarian violence that erupted earlier this month.
Meanwhile, Al Ayyam reports Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has sacked four senior army officers over the fall of Iraq’s second city Mosul by Sunni militants last week. People in Baghdad are stockpiling food and water as the insurgents appear to be moving closer.
Voice of Russia says Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko are reported to have discussed a possible ceasefire in southeastern Ukraine.
al Jazeera reports its Arabic-language news journalist Abdullah Elshamy has been freed from prison in Egypt, following a judicial ruling on Monday. He had been on hunger strike for more than 100 days in protest against his detention without trial. Three of his colleagues remain behind bars.
Conakry’s Le Jour says the UN children’s fund, UNICEF, and the World Health Organisation have successfully vaccinated more than a million people against meningitis in eastern Guinea. At least 52 people have dies since deadly outbreak last January.
Alberta Diary reports the Canadian government has approved controversial plans for a new pipeline linking Alberta to the Pacific coast which would allow it to ship oil to Asia. Environmental activists, who fear oil leaks could damage the pristine Pacific coast, are expected to challenge the decision in the courts.
The BBC says one of the rarest stamps in the world has been auctioned in New York for a record $9.5 million. The British Guiana one-cent magenta, described as “the Holy Grail of stamp collecting” is thought to be the only surviving example of a batch of stamps issued in the British colony in 1856.
El Pais reports prosecutors in Spain have asked a judge to drop charges of tax evasion against the Argentine football star Lionel Messi. They said Messi’s father was responsible for his finances.