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Education Minister Jason Clare has appealed to Laos authorities to accept an offer to help investigate the deaths of two ...

Education Minister Jason Clare says it's "disappointing" that Laos hasn't accepted the help of Australian investigators. Follow live.

Laos’s hesitancy to take up Australia’s offer to help investigate the deaths of teens Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones is ...

Donald Trump has doubled down on his plan for the Gaza strip, saying the Palestinian enclave would be turned over to the US by Israel once the war ends.

An investigation by Laos into the deaths of two Melbourne teens by methanol poisoning has not taken up an offer of help from ...

Laos has failed to accept "consistent" offers by Australian Federal Police to assist the investigation into the methanol ...

Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones were staying at the Nana Backpacker Hostel when they both fell ill on Nov. 13 following a night ...

The unnamed woman, 24, died on Saturday after being admitted to the Colombo General Hospital, Sri Lanka's national hospital ...

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has stressed the Australian government is expecting a “full, thorough (and) transparent” investigation from the Laotian government after the families of the backpackers who ...

Australia is demanding a “full, thorough and transparent” investigation after six backpackers died from methanol-laced drinks ...

British backpacker Bethany Clarke, who survived the alleged 'methanol poisoning' in Laos has opened up about the incident ...