Top international news of the week

Washington: By omitting Pakistan from the itinerary of his current trip to Asia, starting with India, President Barack Obama has shown that the US is "not sensitive" to the sentiments of Pakistani people, former President Pervez Musharraf says.

Washington: The United States should fully back India's pursuit of permanent membership of the powerful UN Security Council, John McCain, the top Republican leader says, days after President Barack Obama described the issue as "very difficult and complicated".

Islamabad: Pakistan wants the early resumption of the stalled composite dialogue process with India and is committed to not allowing its soil to be used by terrorists against any country, President Asif Ali Zardari says.

Yangon: Voters in Myanmar's first elections in 20 years cast their ballots amid a barrage of criticism that the balloting was rigged in favour of the ruling military, as well as hope that some change toward democratic reform might nonetheless follow.

Washington: The Director of National Intelligence says the US government did all it could to warn India about terrorists' interest in attacking Mumbai, even though one of the plotters of the 2008 attacks had been on the intelligence community's radar for years and at one point worked as a government informant.

Islamabad: Pakistan says it is willing to engage constructively with India and collectively work to dismantle terror machines in response to New Delhi's call to stop supporting terrorism.

Islamabad: Taken by surprise by President Barack Obama's endorsement of India's bid to gain permanent membership of the UN Security Council, Pakistan Foreign Office called in the US envoy to convey its concerns over the move.

Washington: The Obama Administration has says that a terrorist attack like 26/11 cannot be tolerated and Pakistan needs to redouble its efforts to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attacks.