Laos

Travelers from the United States, Britain, Australia and Denmark have died in the Southeast Asian nation in recent days. Officials warned of poisoning ...

They are believed to have consumed drinks tainted with methanol, which is sometimes added to mixed-drinks at disreputable bars as a cheaper alternative to ...

As well as Simone White, two Danes, an American and an Australian have died after incident in town popular with backpackers.

Five foreign tourists have died after a suspected mass methanol poisoning from drinking tainted alcohol at a backpacker hotspot in Laos, Western government ...

An American is among at least five tourists who have died after visiting a town in Laos where concerns have arisen about alcohol tainted with methanol.

The 28-year-old lawyer becomes the fifth person to die from suspected methanol poisoning.

An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos in what Australia's prime minister on Thursday called every parent's nightmare.

An Australian teenager and a British woman have died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos in what Australia's prime minister said was every parent's ...

An American citizen has died at a popular adventure spot in Laos where alcohol tainted with methanol has been blamed for a spate of poisonings in recent ...

Details on the alcohol poisoning began trickling out about a week after the two Australian women fell ill on Nov. 13 following a night out drinking with a ...

A British woman who fell ill after drinking contaminated alcohol in Laos has died, the fifth foreign national now suspected to have died in the incident.

Some suspect they consumed drinks laced with methanol, a deadly substance often found in bootleg alcohol.

The victims were an American, two Danes, an Australian, and a Brit. Australia's prime minister called the ordeal "every parent's very worst fear."

Officer at Vang Vieng's Tourism Police says manager and owner of Nana Backpacker Hostel had been taken for questioning, but no charges laid.

A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died, according to a family statement sent to Australian ...

The 19-year-old died more than a week after falling ill in the tourist town of Vang Vieng, her family confirmed to Australian media. Her friend Bianca Jones, ...

Two Australian teenagers and a British woman have died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos.

The death toll has inched up after tourists drank tainted alcohol in the tourist town of Vang Vieng, Laos. Authorities say several people are in custody.

The U.S. State Department issued a warning to travelers to be "alert to the potential risk of methanol poisoning."

A hostel owner and manager have been arrested by police, and six tourists have now died in a tainted alcohol tragedy in Laos.

A second young Australian tourist died in a Thai hospital on Friday, bringing the death toll related to suspected methanol poisoning during a night out in a ...

VANG VIENG, Laos — A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, ...

Two Australian teenagers and a British woman died from suspected methanol poisoning after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos. An American man and two Danes ...

As authorities detain a hostel owner in Vang Vieng, expert says the recent deaths are just the 'tip of the iceberg'

Simone White died in Laos after drinking alcohol suspected to have been laced with methanol.

At least six tourists who traveled to Laos have died in recent days, prompting international alarm about the dangers of consuming alcoholic drinks that ...

An Australian teenager has become the sixth foreign tourist to die of suspected methanol poisoning in a backpacker hotspot in northern Laos.