JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)-- Protestant Christians in the troubled village of Jatimulya in Indonesia's West Java province were facing another day of uncertainty Thursday, June 26, after police backed by hard-line Muslims attempted to destroy their church compound, which was used by three congregations.

TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian security police in Tehran have detained and tortured a married couple who recently converted from Islam to Christianity and threatened to put their 4-year-old daughter in an institution, a Christian news agency reported late Wednesday, June 25.

HARARE, ZIMBABWE (BosNewsLife)-- Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai briefly emerged from his refuge at the Dutch Embassy Wednesday, June 25, after the Lutheran World Federation said churches made a mistake in "assessing" autocratic President Robert Mugabe.

ALGIERS, ALGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian evangelist was due to appear in an Algerian court Wednesday, June 25, on charges related to "attempting to shake the Muslim faith," after allegedly receiving death threats.

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA (BosNewsLife)-- An evangelical pastor in eastern Sri Lankia was receiving treatment in hospital Tuesday, June 24, a day after he was attacked by militant government forces because of his Christian activities, local believers and investigators said.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani Muslim, accused of blasphemy, was weighting his legal options Tuesday, June 24, after he was sentenced to death for allegedly desecrating the Koran in a case closely watched by minority Christians and rights groups.

KHARTOUM/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- Sudanese government troops are pressuring impoverished Christians to abandon their faith in Christ and become Muslims by withholding Western food supplies and even drinking water, an influential Dutch news website and partner of BosNewsLife reported Tuesday, June 24.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- The chief rabbi of Israel, Yona Metzger, has opened a center and synagoge aimed at stimulating (Orthodox) Jewishness in Hungary amid rising concerns over antisemitism here, BosNewsLife established Monday, June 23.

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- At least sixteen Christians abducted by suspected Muslim militants in Pakistan's restive North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) were free Monday, June 23, after the government said it had secured their release.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- A frail prominent Chinese house church leader and Christian bookstore owner already detained for three months remained in a Chinese prison Sunday, June 22, after a court hearing was unexpectedly cancelled, Chinese Christians said.