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Rubio says US does not dispute Navalny poisoning assessment by Europeans

The Russian government, has repeatedly denied any responsibility for Navalny's death while he was held in an Arctic penal colony and dismissed the latest allegations as "a Western propaganda hoax."

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing titled "US Policy Towards Venezuela", on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 28, 2026.
People gather outside the Russian embassy, following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, reported by prison authorities in Russia's Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence, in Warsaw, Poland, February 16, 2024.

European governments say Alexei Navalny died after dart frog toxin poisoning in Russian prison

Baby formula

Teva Israel, Health Ministry issue recall for Nutrilon Phase 1, Nutrilon AR baby formula

An Israeli police officer holds a bag containing food items that are suspected to have poisoned dozens of toddlers in Jerusalem. January 19, 2026.

Two babies dead, dozens more children injured after suspected overheating at Jerusalem daycare


Chemical attacks on Iranian schoolgirls resume

Poison gas attacks on schoolgirls in Iran have shocked the world for months, from the first reports in November, at the height of the protests against the regime.

 A group of schoolgirls in Iran.

Iran must be penalized for poisoning young girls - opinion

If the illness of Iranian schoolgirls is not caused by “mass sociogenic illness,” then it raises a fundamental question about the underlying reason for these incidents.

 IRANIAN-AMERICAN activist Masih Alinejad attends ‘TIME’ magazine’s Second Annual Women of the Year Gala, in Los Angeles, earlier this month.

Full scope of poison attacks against Iranian schoolgirls revealed

Sources have provided The Media Line with a true picture of the extent of the incidents, including the names of many of the schools singled out for attack

 A group of schoolgirls in Iran.

Iran's Khamenei calls girls' poisoning 'unforgivable' after public anger

The poisonings began in November in the holy Shi'ite Muslim city of Qom and spread to 25 of Iran's 31 provinces, prompting some parents to take children out of school and protest.

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during the Arbor Day ceremony in Tehran, Iran March 6, 2023.

Iran mobilizes misinformation about school poisonings - analysis

Iranian pro-regime media are afraid that the regime will be blamed, so they have deployed a number of theories about what happened in order to distract attention from the events.

 People gather around an ambulance outside a girls school after reports of poisoning in Fardis, Alborz province, Iran in this undated video still image released March 1, 2023 and obtained by REUTERS

Iran president blames foreign enemies for wave of schoolgirl poisonings

The so-far unexplained poison attacks at more than 30 schools in at least four cities started in November in Iran's Shi'ite Muslim holy city of Qom.

 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets with Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (not pictured) on the sidelines of the Cica Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan, October 13, 2022.

Iranians protest as over 1,000 schoolgirls poisoned in more than 50 schools

Iranians chanted "death to the child-killing government" after eight schools reported poisonings in one day.

 A young woman lies in hospital after reports of poisoning at an unspecified location in Iran in this still image from video from March 2, 2023.

Iranian girls are being poisoned to stop them from attending school

Iran's deputy health minister confirmed that "some people" were poisoning girls but didn't elaborate on who or how.

 A group of schoolgirls in Iran.

26 Israeli women were hospitalized for visiting a hair salon

Many women have been straightening their hair in recent years, but they may not be aware of the serious potentially life-threatening health risks.

 IN AKKADIAN, ‘pe-ra wasarat’ means hair that is unloosened rather than uncovered.

Russia's deputy Chechnya head poisoned by substance sent in envelope

Samples of the poison were taken for analysis and an investigation was opened into the assassination attempt.

 Re-elected head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov attends an inauguration ceremony in Grozny, Russia October 5, 2021.