A regime change from outside is either rare or impossible, Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid has said, stressing that it is ultimately up to the Iranians to decide their future.

A group of five persons named by the court could be permitted to proceed to the hilltop pillar known as Deepathoon to offer symbolic prayers for 15 minutes, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has suggested.

A loud blast was heard and thick, black smoke was seen rising above the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh, the latest of Washington’s consulates in the Middle East to come under attack.