The son of al-Qaida's slain founder Osama bin Laden has urged Saudis to "overthrow" the kingdom's rulers in order to "free" themselves from U.S. influence, SITE Intelligence Group reported Wednesday.

Six months after Saudi Arabia said its war in Yemen was winding down, air strikes are again pounding rebels and rockets flying across the border, with no end to the conflict in sight.

Russia on Wednesday dismissed a suggestion from Washington that Moscow is violating a U.N. Security Council resolution by using an Iranian air base for its bombing raids on Syria.

Israel is to beef up security at public spaces in the wake of a deadly June attack in Tel Aviv and last month's seafront killings in Nice, an official said Wednesday.

Amnesty International on Wednesday urged the Iran-backed Huthi rebels who control parts of Yemen to release 27 members of the minority Baha'i faith detained in the capital without charge.

The Polisario movement campaigning for the independence of the Western Sahara has protested to the United Nations over a Moroccan security operation in the disputed territory.

Gunmen have shot dead a Saudi policeman in the kingdom's east where most minority Shiites live, police said on Wednesday.

Russia on Wednesday launched warplanes from Iran for the second time to bomb the Islamic State group in Syria, denying the action violated a UN Security Council resolution.

The strikes came after Russia on Tuesday began flying warplanes from an Iranian airbase in a major switch in its bombing campaign in Syria, prompting concern from the United States.

Israeli troops arrested the Hamas representative on the organizing committee for October Palestinian municipal elections on Wednesday, the Islamist movement said.

Rebel shelling in Syria's battered northern city of Aleppo killed 12 people including a child on Wednesday, state media said.