poison
Nearly 80 students, mostly girls, are poisoned in Afghanistan, say officials
Middle East
June 9, 2023
Nearly 80 students, mostly girls, are poisoned in Afghanistan, say officials
CNN — Nearly 80 primary school students, mostly girls, are suspected to have been poisoned over the weekend and taken…
Medics, teachers, parents accuse Iran government of silencing victims of suspected poisoning attacks
Middle East
March 7, 2023
Medics, teachers, parents accuse Iran government of silencing victims of suspected poisoning attacks
Iran has experienced a spike in suspected poisoning attacks at girls’ schools across the country in recent days, according to…
Wave of suspected poison attacks on schoolgirls sparks protests in Iran
Middle East
March 6, 2023
Wave of suspected poison attacks on schoolgirls sparks protests in Iran
Worried parents protested in Iran’s capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that…
500 endangered vultures die in Botswana after eating poisoned elephants
World
June 21, 2019
500 endangered vultures die in Botswana after eating poisoned elephants
More than 500 endangered vultures died of poisoning after eating the carcasses of three elephants killed by poachers in Botswana,…
Malaysia shuts 111 schools as toxic dumping poisons hundreds
World
March 15, 2019
Malaysia shuts 111 schools as toxic dumping poisons hundreds
Malaysia has closed 111 schools after hundreds of people, many of them children, were hospitalized following the suspected dumping of toxic…
Update: Qalyubia housewife did not poison her family, police say
Egypt
September 19, 2018
Update: Qalyubia housewife did not poison her family, police say
Police now believe that the father and four sons found dead in their Qalyubia home, on September 2,…
UK seeks two Russians over spy poisoning
World
September 5, 2018
UK seeks two Russians over spy poisoning
British prosecutors said Wednesday they have a European arrest warrant for two Russians suspected of a nerve agent attack…
Egypt starts first project to produce ‘scorpion venom’ for medical use
Egypt
June 29, 2018
Egypt starts first project to produce ‘scorpion venom’ for medical use
Scorpions’ venom, one of the new projects that have been started in the Oasis, New Valley governorate, which is the…
Kids’ toy ‘Slime’ faces backlash in Egypt, believed to be hazardous for children
Egypt
February 26, 2018
Kids’ toy ‘Slime’ faces backlash in Egypt, believed to be hazardous for children
Controversy surfaced on media outlets in Egypt as users circulated news about kids’ toy, ‘Slime’, which is believed to pose…
War criminal drinks poison in court as sentence is upheld
World
November 29, 2017
War criminal drinks poison in court as sentence is upheld
Ex-Bosnian Croat General Slobodan Praljak drank what his lawyer said was poison after the Hague war crimes tribunal upheld his…