The victims were an American, two Danes, two Australians, and a Brit. Australia's prime minister called the ordeal "every ...

Manager and owner of Laos hostel at centre of fatal methanol poisonings detained - Five tourists, including Simone White from ...

Employees of a Laotian hostel were detained after an American tourist and five others died from suspected methanol poisoning ...

The manager and owner of a hostel in Laos where tourists who were fatally poisoned by methanol were staying have been arrested.On Friday morning Holly Bowles, from Australia, was confirmed as the ...

A sixth person has died after drinking fake alcohol shots suspected of being laced with poisonous methanol during a backpacking holiday in Laos. Nineteen-year-old Australian Holly Bowles was confirmed ...

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.

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

Holly Bowles, 19, had been in critical condition on life support following the poisoning in Laos more than a week ago.

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

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

British lawyer Simone White has become the fifth tourist to have died in a suspected mass poisoning in Laos, south-east Asia.