HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- Vietnamese security forces have killed several Degar Montagnard Christians in recent months in the country's Central Highlands, but details are just emerging as family members have been pressured not to reveal the alleged atrocities, representatives told BosNewsLife Saturday, August 23.

SANAA, YEMEN (BosNewsLife)-- At least some nine Christian converts remained detained in Yemen Friday, August 22, amid international concerns they may be tortured or even killed because of their decision to abandon Islam.

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (BosNewsLife)-- There was concern Thursday, August 21, about a new crackdown on Christian media in Malaysia after the government accused an influential Catholic weekly of violating publication rules, and threatened to close it down.

TBLISI, GEORGIA (BosNewsLife)-- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has warned Russia that its military operations in the former Soviet republic of Georgia undermine its relations with the West. Miliband made the comments after talks with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- An investigation continued Tuesday, August 19, into the killing of a Catholic priest in India's state of Andhra Pradesh, whose human remains were reportedly discovered this weekend.

ZESTAPONI, GEORGIA (BosNewsLife)-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Russia has been delaying the withdrawal of its troops from Georgia. Speaking after talks with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, she also spoke about the country's prospects for membership in the NATO alliance.

BEIJING, CHINA (BosNewsLife)-- Chinese airport officials in southwestern China seized hundreds of Bibles from four Americans Sunday, August 17, saying it it was illegal to bring the books into the country, missionaries said.

RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- United Nations Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari prepared to visit Burma Saturday, August 16, amid reports that a 15 year-old school girl in the country's Kachin State, was gang-raped, severely mutilated and murdered by Burmese troops as part of an alleged government backed crackdown on ethnic minorities, with a significant number of Christians.

ZESTAPONI, GEORGIA (BosNewsLife)-- United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has condemned Russian military operations in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, saying the action reminds her of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. She spoke in Georgia Friday, August 15, where the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili declared that his country would never surrender despite Moscow's military might.

LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A tense calm returned to the city of Lahore was Thursday, August 14, after at least five people, including police officers, were killed and 20 seriously injured in a suicide attack.