The following are the top stories in the Maltese and overseas press.
The Sunday Times of Malta reports that Birdlife officials have been charged by the Data Protection Commissioner of a data breach. It also reports how the Italians feared Gaddafi wanted Malta as naval base during Dom Mintoff’s time.
The Malta Independent on Sunday reports that the government is still refusing to publish the power station contract.
Illum focuses on burglaries and the ease how they are being carried out.
Il-Mument says an injured Libyan was brought dead to Malta. It also says that $134 million belonging to one of Gaddafi’s sons is still seized in Malta.
MaltaToday says IIP citizens are expected to bring in €130 million. Over 200 applications have been made so far for Maltese passports.
KullHadd hits out at statements by Simon Busuttil on jobs, saying he was mistaken three times.
It-Torca reports that precarious work has increased in the tourism industry.
The overseas press
Sources within the Palestinian delegation to the peace talks in Cairo reported that Hamas has agreed to relinquish control of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt to the Palestinian National Authority led by Mahmoud Abbas.
Meanwhile, Al-Ayyam quotes a medics in Gaza saying an Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian man and wounded seven others early today Sunday, in a third day of renewed fighting.
Reuters announces the UN Security Council is preparing a UK resolution against the sunni jihadists of the Islamic State (IS), which keep on gaining terrain in Iraq.
CNN reports President Barack Obama has said US airstrikes had destroyed arms that Islamic State militants could have used against Iraqi Kurds, but warned there was no quick fix to a crisis that threatens to tear Iraq apart
According to RIA Novosti, the Russian fleet deployed in the North Sea has said it intercepted on August 7 and forced out of its boundary waters a US nuclear-propelled submarine in the Barents Sea. The Pentagon has not commented on the episode since it never provides information about the deployment of US submarines.
Asian Times reports a US proposal for a freeze on “provocative acts” in the South China Sea got a cool response from China and some Southeast Asian nations– an apparent setback to Washington’s efforts to rein in China‘s assertive actions.
The Times of India says the United States has urged India to bolster its role as a global power and force for regional stability, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s first visit to Washington since his election in May.
The Egyptian Gazette reports that a court dissolved the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the banned Muslim Brotherhood. The court banned the Muslim Brotherhood itself in September, but that ruling did not mention its political wing, leaving open the possibility it could be allowed to run in parliamentary elections, due late this year.
Kyiv Post says pro-Russian separatists are ready for a ceasefire with the Kiev government after increasing gains by Ukrainian forces against rebel forces.
El Universal reports Venezuela will close its border with neighbouring Colombia at night to prevent smuggling of heavily-subsidized fuel and food .