4 injured in terrorist attack on Israeli embassy staff in Indian capital The Israeli diplomat who was seriously injured in a terrorist attack Monday was identified as Tai Yehosh, who worked at the defense wing of the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital, said local TV Times Now. Russia may study proposal for UN-Arab mission in Syria: FM Russia may study an Arab League (AL) proposal for the deployment of a joint Arab-UN peacekeeping mission in Syria, but a ceasefire must be achieved before the deployment, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. Commonwealth team visits Maldives to probe power transfer A Commonwealth Ministerial Mission is to arrive here Tuesday to probe the controversial power transfer from former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed to his successor Mohammed Waheed. • French PM says Sarkozy to regain voters's confidence • Bomb threat suspect at Amsterdam airport arrested • Putin describes vision on long-term national welfare • Pakistani PM charge sheeted as contempt of court • Syria rejects Arab League propositions More

Turkmenistan's president wins re-election Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov was re-elected Turkmenistan's president by garnering 97.14 percent of the votes in Sunday's poll, the country's Central Election Commission said Monday. Palestinians consider upgrading UN status as peace talks stalled: sources The Palestinians are considering upgrading their UN status to a non-member observer state after failing to obtain state recognition through the world body's Security Council, sources close to the leadership said on Monday. Syria stresses rejection to proposed Arab-UN forces Syria stressed on Monday its rejection to a fresh Arab proposal of joint Arab-UN forces to Syria, regarding the move as "a blatant interference and an encroachment upon its national sovereignty," the state-run SANA news agency quoted an unnamed official as saying.

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