US University Prohibits Thanking Jesus At Graduation

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Stefan J. Bos christinapopaLOS ANGELES, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A professor at the government-funded University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) has prohibited a graduating student from saying "I want to thank my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," in her own graduation speech, amid a heated debate over using that name in public across the United States, BosNewsLife established Wednesday, June 3.

Asian Mission Group Mourns Death US Missionary Leader

By BosNewsLife Asia Service winter1NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- A key Asian mission group mourned Sunday, May 24, the death of Ralph Winter the founder of the U.S. Center for World Missions and, later, William Carey International University. He was 84.

Outrage Over US Military Bible Burnings In Afghanistan

By Stefan J. Bos with reports from the United States and Afghanistan burning_bookWASHINGTON/KABUL (BosNewsLife)-- The president of a US-based group helping Christians persecuted for their faith has expressed outrage that United States military personnel haveburned confiscated Bibles in Afghanistan.

BREAKING NEWS: FBI Foils New York Terror Attack

By BosNewsLife News Center targetNEW YORK, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Four men have been detained for allegedly planning to bomb a synagogue and a Jewish community center in the Bronx area of New York City and were expected to appear in federal court Thursday, May 21, police officials said.

NEWS WATCH: President Obama Scales Back National Prayer Day

By BosNewsLife News Center obama-prayerWASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- United States President Barack Obama was to limit his participation in the annual "National Day of Prayer," Thursday, May 7, to signing a proclamation, disappointing both Christian conservatives and atheists who want to end the tradition.

U.S. Commission Names 13 Countries as Religious Freedom Violators

By Dan Robinson, Voice of America Correspondent, special to BosNewsLife ap_cuba_religion_church_file_01may09_eng_210WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- The latest annual report by the independent United States Commission on International Religious Freedom names 13 countries as serious violators of religious freedom, BosNewsLife monitored Saturday, May 2, with reporting by the Voice of America network (VOA).

BREAKING NEWS: New York Shooting Kills 14

By BosNewsLife News Center _45635235_voong_ap226b1NEW YORK, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A gunman opened fire at an immigration center in Binghamton, in the northeastern state of New York, Friday, April 3, killing at least a 13 people before killing himself, US officials said. The shootings apparently happened after he took at least 20 people as hostages.

NEWS ALERT: Plane Crashes Kill 16 In US, Japan (News Watch)

By BosNewsLife News Center _45591380_grab226iWASHINGTON/TOKYO/BUDAPEST-- Officials on Monday, March 23, began investigating plane crashes in three countries which killed 16 people, most of them in United States, where aviation experts wanted to know why a single-engine plane plunged into a cemetery in the northwestern state of Montana.

US Chaplains Banned From Mentioning God (BosNewsLife In-Depth)

By Rodney Drinnen, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from the United States abeblk2WASHINGTON D.C., USA (BosNewsLife)-- Chaplains working at a hospice home in the U.S. state of Florida are no longer allowed to say "God"in inspirational messages to staff members, as part of a wider trend in the United States, BosNewsLife learned Saturday, March 21.

NEWS ALERT: Pastor Killed In US Church Shooting

By George Whitten, BosNewsLife International Correspondent 101church_shootingsffembeddedprod_affiliate56MARYVILLE, USA (BosNewsLife) -- The sprawling First Baptist Church in the U.S. state of Illinois was without a pastor Monday, March 9, after he was shot and later died of his injuries.