Americas

By BosNewsLife News Center WASHINGTON, 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.

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 Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife ATLANTA, USA (BosNewsLife)-- India-born evangelist Ravi Zacharias, who built a global mission group for the intellectual defense...

By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)– Of the 15 "worst violators of religious freedom" in the world, 10 are Islamic states, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) says.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN/LOS ANGELES (BosNewsLife)-- An American pastor who was detained in Iran after staging a protest outside a Tehran prison to demand the release of Iranian Christians, will return to the United States Wednesday, October 23, his daughter told reporters.

By BosNewsLife Americas Service with writing and reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- U.S. evangelist Franklin Graham, who supports the re-election of...

By BosNewsLife Chief International Correspondents Stefan J. Bos and George Whitten WASHINGTON D.C., USA (BosNewsLife)-- The inauguration lunch of President Barack Obama was overshadowed Tuesday, January 20, by a medical emergency involving Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy and concern over fellow Democratic Senator Robert Byrd, the president confirmed.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife KINGSTON, JAMAICA (BosNewsLife)-- U.S. Evangelist Andrew Palau and his family were among 148 passengers on board American Airlines Flight 331 that skidded off the runway and crashed in Kingston, Jamaica, but they miraculously survived with light injuries, his world famous father told BosNewsLife.

By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior Correspondent RABAT / WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian is serving 15 years in a Moroccan jail for evangelism, a Christian rights groups said, while American Christian leaders praised Morocco Thursday, June 17, for its "long history of friendship and religious cooperation."

By BosNewsLife North America Service, with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos NEW YORK, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Rush Limbaugh, America's most listened to conservative radio talk show host, was "resting comfortably" Thursday, December 31, after being rushed to a Honolulu hospital with chest pains, his Web site said.