KUWAIT -- Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Charge D'Affaires of the Philippines Embassy in Kuwait Jose Cabrera at his office to express heartfelt condolences for the death of Jullebee Ranara, a housekeeper who was killed by a minor.

KUWAIT -- The Philippines will not cease the travel of Filipino workers intending to work in Kuwait, Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople said on Sunday, after the "tragic" killing of domestic worker Jullebee Ranara.

MOSCOW -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov voiced profound concern over the spiraling violence in Jerusalem and other parts of the occupied Palestinian territories.

TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said that Tehran had received messages from "the other parties regarding the nuclear agreement", and through the Qatari foreign minister, who is visiting the republic.

ALGIERS -- The Secretary-General of the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States Conference (PUIC) Mouhamed Khouraichi Niass, reiterated that the Palestinian issue would remain the central issue in the Islamic world.

BEIRUT -- Lebanon signed two oil and natural gas exploration deals in its territorial waters in partnership with QatarEnergy, French TotalEnergies, and Italy's Eni Energy Company. (end) mb