A backpacker in Laos has said a snap decision made on a whim may have saved her from being another victim of a suspected mass ...

Bartenders in Laos have been reportedly handing out free shots to patrons despite a mass methanol poisoning at a hostel bar.

The parents of a British teenager found dead at a Laos hostel where six tourists died after drinking “methanol-laced shots” fear their son may have been poisoned with dodgy booze.

The head of MI6 says British security will be "jeopardised" if Putin is allowed to succeed in Ukraine, as he warned the spy agency has already uncovered a Russian sabotage campaign in Europe.