Chinese police have captured 16 suspects for allegedly gaining millions of yuan as "hush money" by threatening to expose negative articles enterprises through fraudulent government-sponsored websites.
The Philippine government condemned in the "strongest possible terms" on Monday the attack allegedly by members of the faction of the Moro National Liberation Front ( MNLF) in southern city of Zamboanga.
China's National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday announced it had uncovered a serious case involving the faking of economic data by a county government in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
The Philippine government said Thursday that it remains open to continue peace discussions with the leftist rebels but the latter must show some goodwill and sincerity.
The Japanese government will soon conduct a test to build a frozen wall at the leaking Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, as part of a wider plan to prevent leaking radioactive water flowing into the Pacific Ocean, government officials confirmed Thursday.
French intelligence reports indicated that the chemical attack of Aug. 21 in Damascus was conducted by the Syrian government forces.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday called for his ministers to collect further information and work closely with the United States and other countries as the situation in Syria escalates.
The government of Syria on Wednesday asked the world body to investigate three alleged chemical attacks carried out by rebels in the Damascus suburbs last week, a Syrian envoy told reporters here.
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Wednesday that information from a wide variety of sources suggested the Syrian government had used chemical weapons in attacks near the Syrian capital, Damascus last week.
U.S. President Barack Obama called British Prime Minister David Cameron again Tuesday over possible responses to the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, as both leaders are weighing military actions against the Arab nation.
Western claims that the Syrian government used chemical weapons were "an insult to common sense," Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with a Russian newspaper published Monday.
Syria's state media on Monday blamed "armed terrorist groups" for firing at the UN chemical investigation team in the countryside of Damascus.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon on Sunday evening accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad 's government of routinely using unconventional weaponry against insurgents and civilians in the Syrian conflict, according to a statement issued by the minister's office.
The UN investigation team will start a on-site fact-finding probe into the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria on Monday, said Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a statement through his spokesperson.
Syria's Foreign Ministry said Sunday it had reached an agreement with the UN, allowing the UN chemical investigation team to enter the eastern al-Ghouta countryside of the capital Damascus to probe the alleged use of chemical weapons there.
The U.S. government said Thursday that it is unable to conclusively determine that chemical weapons were used in Syria, as it is scrambling to gather all possible information on what happened in the war-torn country that reportedly killed hundreds of people.
Some 19 Fukushima residents and evacuees have accused the Japanese government for neglecting aid in implementing a law enacted last June to help those nuclear victims, local press reported Friday.
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