Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local authorities as they investigate the deaths of six foreign tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, according to ...

The father of an Australian teenager who died from methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a plea to the Laos government to fully investigate his daughter’s death and ensure ...

Six people reportedly died after consuming methanol-laced alcohol while vacationing in Laos Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's crime desk. Her work includes writing about crime ...

Officials arrested eight hostel workers in Laos on Monday for allegedly poisoning travelers with methanol, according to reports from the Australian Broadcasting Corp. Tourists reported illnesses ...

Laos police have detained eight employees of the hostel where Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles were staying when they fell ill. DFAT is supporting another Australian who is in hospital with possible ...

The Canadian government has issued a travel advisory for Laos after six tourists died due to tainted alcohol. In the travel advisory, the government recommends to Canadians that they “exercise a ...

The manager and seven staff of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained after six tourists died from suspected methanol poisoning. Local media said that police brought in the 34-year-old ...

The Laos government said on Saturday (Nov 23) that it was "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists in Vang Vieng, with the toll from a suspected methanol poisoning incident now at six.

BANGKOK, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol and pledged to prosecute those responsible.

A mass alcohol poisoning has killed at least six tourists in Laos. An American is among those killed. An American man was among at least six tourists who were killed in a mass alcohol ...

A New Zealand citizen poisoned after drinking contaminated alcohol in a popular tourist town in Laos has returned home, authorities said on Monday (Nov 25), as Laos pledged to prosecute those ...