http://www.bosnewslife.com Christian News Agency - BosNewsLife Wed, 22 May 2013 06:11:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.bosnewslife.com/28342-breaking-news-iran-detains-pastor-in-wider-crackdown-on-churches http://www.bosnewslife.com/28342-breaking-news-iran-detains-pastor-in-wider-crackdown-on-churches#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 19:04:37 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=28342 TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- A pastor of the Central Assemblies of God (AoG) Church in Tehran was detained Tuesday, May 21, as part of Iran's wider crackdown on evangelical believers,  Christian rights activists confirmed. The arrest of Reverend Robert Asserian came as his church prepared for possible closure by the end of June due to pressure from the feared Iranian Intelligence Ministry, said advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW). ]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/28342-breaking-news-iran-detains-pastor-in-wider-crackdown-on-churches/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/28334-india-detains-two-suspects-over-killing-australian-missionary-sons http://www.bosnewslife.com/28334-india-detains-two-suspects-over-killing-australian-missionary-sons#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 10:05:09 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=28334 NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Nearly fourteen years after Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons were burned to death by a mob in eastern India, police have detained two more suspects, BosNewsLife learned Monday, May 20.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/28334-india-detains-two-suspects-over-killing-australian-missionary-sons/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/28311-iraq-christians-suffer-as-violence-kills-140 http://www.bosnewslife.com/28311-iraq-christians-suffer-as-violence-kills-140#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 13:57:58 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=28311 BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians were among those suffering Sunday, May 19, after at least 140 people died during four consecutive days of violence in Iraq, raising fears that sectarian conflicts could lead the troubled Middle East nation into civil war. "It is difficult to tell of the intensity of violence here over the past week," said Canon Andrew White...]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/28311-iraq-christians-suffer-as-violence-kills-140/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/28325-egypt-christian-killed-in-alexandria-clashes http://www.bosnewslife.com/28325-egypt-christian-killed-in-alexandria-clashes#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 08:51:50 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=28325 CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- At least one Christian died and dozens were injured in clashes between Muslims and Christians in Egypt's Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, police and local media said Saturday, May 18.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/28325-egypt-christian-killed-in-alexandria-clashes/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/28280-washington-brainwave-atheist-condemns-christian-troops http://www.bosnewslife.com/28280-washington-brainwave-atheist-condemns-christian-troops#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 06:25:06 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=28280 WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife Columns)– While the Obama administration carefully avoids any religious connection between Islamic jihad and the Boston bombings, the president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation bluntly told Pentagon officials that Christian troops who proselytize are guilty of sedition and treason and should be punished.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/28280-washington-brainwave-atheist-condemns-christian-troops/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/28302-nigeria-christians-divided-over-amnesty-for-militants-boko-haram http://www.bosnewslife.com/28302-nigeria-christians-divided-over-amnesty-for-militants-boko-haram#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 16:19:07 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=28302 ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)– African Christians are divided over a proposal to grant amnesty to the militant members of Boko Haram, the violent Islamist group whose bombings killed thousands, many of them Christians, and destroyed hundreds of churches in northern Nigeria. ]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/28302-nigeria-christians-divided-over-amnesty-for-militants-boko-haram/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/28287-breaking-news-militants-kill-nigeria-christian-leader-after-state-of-emergency-declaration http://www.bosnewslife.com/28287-breaking-news-militants-kill-nigeria-christian-leader-after-state-of-emergency-declaration#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 14:41:13 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=28287 ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Suspected Islamic militants have killed a Christian leader in north-eastern Nigeria shortly after the president declared a state of emergency in the region to tackle "insurgents and terrorists" threatening Africa's most populous nation. ]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/28287-breaking-news-militants-kill-nigeria-christian-leader-after-state-of-emergency-declaration/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/28235-pakistan-christians-demand-protection-after-deadliest-election http://www.bosnewslife.com/28235-pakistan-christians-demand-protection-after-deadliest-election#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 11:30:08 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=28235 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christian leaders and rights activists have urged Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to protect religious minorities after he claimed victory in the country's deadliest election yet.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/28235-pakistan-christians-demand-protection-after-deadliest-election/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/28209-news-watch-rightist-party-wins-bulgarias-tense-elections http://www.bosnewslife.com/28209-news-watch-rightist-party-wins-bulgarias-tense-elections#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 21:18:07 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=28209 Listen to this BosNewsLife report on opening of the polls via Vatican Radio. Click: BULGARIAVATICAN And listen to the outcome with analyse by clicking here: bulgariavatielections   By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife SOFIA, BULGARIA (BosNewsLife)-- A center-right party appears to have won Bulgaria's parliamentary elections, but its prospects of forming another government looked uncertain and voter-turnout was the lowest in the Balkan country's post-Communist history. First official results gave the GERB party of former bodyguard and ex-prime minister Boiko Borisov received about 31 per cent of the vote, followed by the opposition Socialists with roughly 27 percent.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/28209-news-watch-rightist-party-wins-bulgarias-tense-elections/feed 0 http://www.bosnewslife.com/28263-india-muslim-militants-attack-christian-childrens-home http://www.bosnewslife.com/28263-india-muslim-militants-attack-christian-childrens-home#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 13:21:54 +0000 Stefan Bos http://www.bosnewslife.com/?p=28263 NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)– A Christian-run children's home in India was struggling to resume operations Sunday, May 12, after being  attacked by Muslim militants who assaulted its staff members and visitors and then damaged its property, a Christian aid group said.]]> http://www.bosnewslife.com/28263-india-muslim-militants-attack-christian-childrens-home/feed 0