By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan

PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A high-ranking Pakistani politician, who negotiated the release of kidnapped Christians and fought against controversial blasphemy laws, says he and his family are in life danger after receiving threatening phone calls from suspected Islamic militants.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

MAKHACHKALA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The pastor of the largest Pentecostal church in Russia's violent, mainly Muslim republic of Dagestan, has died after being shot in the head, in an apparent bid to intimidate converts from Islam, Christian rights activists and police said Friday, July 16.

By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan

PAKPATTAN, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Muslim lawyer has apologized for thousands of anti-Christian leaflets distributed in Pakistan at a reconciliation meeting with Christian leaders who said they forgave him because they are followers of "the Prince of Peace," according to delegates attending the gathering.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A well-known Iranian pastor faces execution after two judges agreed to make him "liable to capital punishment," as part of a crackdown on the growing Protestant church movement in the Islamic nation, BosNewsLife learned Tuesday, July 13.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service

KAMPALA, UGANDA (BosNewsLife)-- Bomb attacks killed at least 64 people, including an American aid worker, and injured several American Christians among others at two sites in Uganda's capital, Kampala, where people gathered to watch the World Cup, BosNewsLife learned early Monday, July 12.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife at BosNewsLife News Center

SREBRENICA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Tens of thousands of people have commemorated the 15th anniversary of Europe's worst massacre since World War II in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. Survivors have expressed frustration over the United Nation's perceived failure to prevent the killing of more than 8,000 Muslims by Serb forces in July, 1995.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

SREBRENICA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Preparations are underway for the 15th anniversary of Europe's worst massacre since World War II. On July 11, 1995 the killing began of about 8,000 Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica during the Balkan conflict that broke up Yugoslavia.

By BosNewsLife Americas Service

HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuba will release 52 political prisoners as part of the communist-run Caribbean island's largest release of dissidents since Pope John Paul II visited in 1998, the Cuban Catholic Church said.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service

ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in two states of Nigeria were mourning Wednesday, July 7, the killings of at least eight Christian believers, after Muslim militants reportedly attacked several villages.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service

NIAMEY, NIGER (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in this vast, drought-prone country on the edge of the Sahara desert, were among those facing starvation Tuesday, July 6, after aid groups described the food situation in Niger as "extremely desperate".