Poison

The nightmare of the Prinok affair: This is how the compensation amount will be determined

Sedatives have already been detected in five products. A tort law expert explains: What is the amount of compensation, and how will it be determined?

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A woman enters the Zol Begadol branch on Jaffa Street, downtown Jerusalem, June 17, 2026.

Baby puree scare: Police examine possible terror angle after sedatives hospitalize four infants

African fattail scorpion.

Scorpions load their stings and claws with iron and zinc, boosting killing power

Police in Austria said late on Saturday that rat poison was found inside a jar of HiPP baby food, following a recall of the product from more than 1,000 SPAR supermarkets in the country over safety fears.

Austria police find rat poison in HiPP baby food jar after nationwide recall


Umbrella-shaped plants can be seen outdoors in Israel's nature during summer

Some of these umbrella-shaped plants have a multitude of medicinal properties.

 Umbrella-shaped plants can be seen outdoors in Israel's nature during summer.

A cure for nuclear radiation may be available soon

A drug that is able to efficiently remove radioactive contamination from the body would be a medical milestone.

 Nuclear mushroom cloud (illustrative).

Sixty Afghan girls hospitalized after school poisoning - police

In neighboring Iran, poisoning incidents at girls' schools sickened an estimated 13,000 mostly female students since November.

 An Afghan woman and a girl walk in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 9, 2022

Two Russian exiles, Kremlin critics, possible poisoned in Germany

Two women, a journalist and a director of an anti-Kremlin NGO, reported symptoms that suggested possible poisoning.

German police gather near Wiesbaden-Erbenheim, Germany, June 6, 2018.

30 horses in central Israel believed to have been poisoned

An initial investigation concluded that a suspect could have poisoned the horses. There are an overall 50 horses at the horse farm.

Special operation brings battered horse home to Israel from Gaza

UN expert calls for urgent medical care for Russia's jailed Navalny

Navalny's supporters said last month that he was suffering from significant stomach pain in jail, which they said could be a sign of some sort of slow acting poison.

 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a screen via video link from the IK-2 corrective penal colony in Pokrov before a court hearing to consider an appeal against his prison sentence, in Moscow, Russia May 17, 2022.

Iran says there were no school poisonings, blames foreign 'enemies'

The wave of suspected attacks has affected thousands of schoolgirls and provoked public anger.

 A group of schoolgirls in Iran.

Thailand widens investigation into woman suspected of killing 13 with cyanide

One woman had survived Sararat's poisoning attempt and is now being questioned.

 Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, a suspect in over a dozen murders, is escorted by police officers at a police station in Bangkok

Russian doppelganger attempted to poison American lookalike with cheesecake 

Nasyrova had also drugged, and robbed men while working as a dominatrix and is accused of murdering her neighbor in Russia.

Biga cheesecake

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.