Eight countries have been added to a UK Foreign Office list warning of the risks of methanol poisoning from counterfeit or ...

Holidaymakers are advised to avoid consuming streetside or homemade alcohol and instead to buy sealed or bottled drinks from ...

The list was expanded after an increase in serious illness and death from tainted alcoholic drinks. Previously, the FCDO's ...

Travellers are being told to educate themselves on the signs and symptoms of methanol poisoning as more cases are reported ...

A British man who went blind after suffering from methanol poisoning while travelling in Laos has described the moments before he lost his sight. Calum Macdonald was one of a number of tourists who ...

Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers (CNN) — Eight staff members of a backpacker hostel in Laos have been detained by local ...

Methanol poisoning warnings have been extended by the Foreign Office to cover eight additional countries where incidents have ...

The Foreign Office has added eight countries to a warning list of nations where Brits could risk potentially lethal methanol ...

The mother and travelling companion of one of six victims of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos is demanding the UK government put the country on its travel no-go list. Simone White, 28, a London ...

When Calum Macdonald arrived at the Vietnamese border, he couldn't read the administrative forms in front of him. All he could see was a "kaleidoscopic blinding light". He had just stepped off an ...