A string of deaths in Laos tied to tainted alcohol has raised alarm around the world and renewed concerns about methanol in alcoholic drinks. Last week, six tourists died in Laos from a suspected ...

The Foreign Office has flagged 28 countries where methanol poisoning could pose a serious threat to holidaymakers. This ...

"This is very concerning news out of Fiji with four Australians hospitalised over the weekend. We are thinking of the friends and family of the people who are affected. This is no doubt a very ...

Police in Laos have detained the manager and seven staff members of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng following the deaths of six tourists from suspected methanol poisoning, state media reported ...

Officials in Laos have released the names of three tourists — including one American — who died of suspected methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol. James Louis Hutson, 57, of the US, and ...