By BosNewsLife Asia Service

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Bible teacher has returned to his native India after being deported from the island nation of Maldives for having a Bible in his house, Christians with close knowledge about the situation said.

By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest

ASTANA/MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Evangelical Christians in Belarus and Kazakhstan faced increased pressure Friday, October 21, to halt unauthorized worship services after pastors were fined and churches raided in the former Soviet republics.

 

By BosNewsLife Africa Service

TRIPOLI, LIBYA (BosNewsLife)-- Moammar Gadhafi, the autocratic former Libyan leader who ruled his country for over 40 years, has died in rebel hands, a spokesman said Thursday, October 20, but minority Christians remained concerned about their nation's future.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service

TRIPOLI, LIBYA (BosNewsLife)-- Libyan rebels reportedly captured ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi Thursday, October 20, but minority Christians  remained concerned about their future. In a statement the National Transitional Council (NTC) said revolutionary fighters detained Gadhafi Thursday, October 20, shortly after they gained control of his hometown of Sirte.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iran's notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has launched a new crackdown against the country's largest network of house churches in "apparent retaliation" for Western outrage over the death sentence passed on to a pastor, according to well-informed Christians.

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>Ghalit says he missed family, hopes deal will boost peace
>Hamas supporters demand more kidnappings

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with BosNewsLife Middle East Service

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife)-- Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released Tuesday, October 18, after he was held over five years captive by militant group Hamas. Over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners were to be released in exchange, 477 of them on the same day.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian mother of five, who faces execution by hanging on charges of "blasphemy" against Islam, is recovering in her Pakistani jail Monday, October 17, after she was allegedly attacked by a prison officer.

By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent

JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BosNewsLife)– A Protestant congregation in Indonesia's West Java province was without a church and other properties Sunday, October 16, after suspected Islamic militants and local authorities raided the building, a pastor said.

 

By Joseph DeCaro, Worthy News Correspondent

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- The U.S. State Department says there are no Christian churches left standing in Afghanistan after local courts backed the destruction of the last known church building in the troubled nation.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (BosNewsLife)-- A major advocacy group with close ties to house churches in China has condemned a Chinese-government organized Bible exhibition currently touring the United States.