Americas

By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife United States Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C., USA (BosNewsLife) -- A high ranking American senator will force a vote next week to prevent the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from reinstating the 'Fairness Doctrine', amid fears it could jeopardize Christian radio and conservative talk shows.

By BosNewsLife Americas Service MIAMI/HAVANA (BosNewsLife)-- A prominent Christian rights activist and independent journalist from Cuba is spending her first weekend in freedom after arriving in the United States to escape reported persecution at home, her supporters confirmed.

By BosNewsLife Americas Service OKLAHOMA CITY, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Crisis-trained chaplains linked to famed evangelist Billy Graham have arrived "to help spread home" in the U.S. midwestern state of Oklahoma where a rare and powerful tornado claimed at least 24 lives, injured 230 and left dozens missing, officials said.

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Colombia were still searching for a Christian leader Wednesday, November 12, more than six weeks after he dissapeared amid reports that several fellow pastors were killed by leftist rebels.

By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- A Cuban pastor who was imprisoned and then granted asylum by the United States has been denied permission to leave Cuba, BosNewsLife learned Monday, August 1.  

By BosNewsLife Americas Service MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (BosNewsLife)-- Mexico's highest court ordered the release of nine mainly evangelical prisoners who were convicted in a 1997 massacre of Indians, but over 20 others remain behind bars.

By Eric Leijenaar, BosNewsLife Senior Special Correspondent reporting from the Netherlands AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- Translators of U.S.-based Wycliffe Associates have launched two Bible translation projects in countries where evangelism, or even reading a Bible, is forbidden.

By BosNewsLife North America Service with George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior Correspondent WASHINGTON D.C., USA (BosNewsLife)-- American President Barack Obama will receive "absolute power" to shut down the Internet, according to proposed U.S. Senate legislation seen by Worthy News Friday, June 18.

HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuban authorities are targeting a top religious rights advocate and other activists as well as Christian leaders with travel bans and visits by security agents amid growing tensions with Washington, BosNewsLife established Thursday, June 22.

By BosNewsLife Special Correspondent Rodney Drinnen reporting from the United States and Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent at BosNewsLife News Center WASHINGTON D.C., USA (BosNewsLife) -- The future of hundreds of detainees in the United States prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, remained unclear Wednesday, January 28, despite President Barack Obama's promise to close the controversial facility for terrorism suspects.