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Yangon says it is ready to accept UN help, despite the world body recently saying that Myanmar's campaign of 'ethnic cleansing' against Rohingya Muslims continues.
Hundreds of Rohingya Muslim refugees are stranded at sea as Bangladesh and Malaysia refuse to allow them entry.
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Thousands of Rohingya were shot, burned alive or beaten to death in the first month of a Myanmar military crackdown on rebels in Rakhine state, Doctors Without Borders said.
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Iranian media reports nearly 300 people have been killed and more than 1,000 sickened so far by ingesting methanol across the Islamic Republic.
Pope Francis urged the world to take "decisive measures" to resolve the crisis that has forced more than 620,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee ethnic unrest in Myanmar.
A UN visit to Myanmar's conflict-battered Rakhine state was postponed Thursday, thwarting efforts to reach the epicentre of violence since the start of a massive exodus of minority Rohingya Muslims.
More than 1,000 people may already have been killed in Myanmar, mostly minority Rohingya Muslims, a senior UN representative has said.
Rohingya Muslims fleeing unrest in Myanmar have been injured by multiple blasts along the border with Bangladesh, raising fears that the area has been deliberately mined.
An Indonesian court decided to waive a nine month jail term for a woman who brought a dog into a mosque, breaking the country’s strict blasphemy laws.
The UN has warned Myanmar against sending more troops to the Muslim-majority Rakhine state, as reports emerge of alleged murder, rape and torture by authorities.