The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has passed 1,000, including 750 civilians, a war monitoring group said.

Police in southern India said Saturday that they arrested two men in connection with allegations of gang rape of an Israeli and a local woman.

An Irish whiskey firm is hoping a new bulk distribution centre in America will help it mitigate against the potential hit of US tariffs on the EU as global trade tensions continue to swirl.

Foreign ministers from Muslim nations have rejected calls by US President Donald Trump to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population, and instead backed a plan for an administrative committee of Palestinians to govern the territory to allow reconstruction to go ahead.