BREAKING NEWS: Obama Calls Boston Blasts ‘Act Of Terror’; Prayers Urged

By BosNewsLife Americas Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. BosFeatured_Image BOSTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Amid calls for prayers, U.S. President Barack Obama said Tuesday, April 16, that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was investigating Monday's deadly bombings in Boston as an "act of terrorism", but cautioned it remained unknown who was behind the blasts.

BREAKING NEWS: Boston Marathon Blasts Kill Several (Update)

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PHOTONOWBOSTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- At least three people were killed Monday, April 15, and as many as 140 injured when suspected bomb explosions rocked the finish of the Boston Marathon in the United States, officials said, in what appeared to be a coordinated terror attack

BREAKING NEWS: Son US Pastor Rick Warren Commits Suicide; Matthew Dead At 27

By BosNewsLife Americas Service MATTHEWLAKE FOREST, USA (BosNewsLife)-- The youngest son of famed American Pastor Rick Warren and his wife Kay, has committed suicide at the age of 27 following a long struggle with mental illness and depression, his father and church confirmed early Sunday, April 6. The evangelical Saddleback Valley Community Church in Lake Fores, California, said Matthew Warren took his own life at his Mission Viejo home.

NEWS ALERT: Iran Pressures Jailed U.S. Pastor To Deny Faith In Christ

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife pastornowTEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An American pastor who is held in one of Iran's most notorious prisons on charges linked to his Christian faith says authorities use physical and psychological torture to pressure him to deny his faith in Jesus Christ."My eyes get blurry, my body does not have the strength to walk, and my steps become very weak and shaky,” Pastor Saeed Abedini wrote in a letter smuggled out of Evin Prison in Tehran.

Hungary “Forcing” Missionaries To Leave Under New Law

By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos americansBUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Foreign missionaries living in Hungary fear they will be forced to leave the country under new tax legislation, amid a wider government crackdown on religious groups.

NEWS ALERT: Former Jailed Cuban Pastor, Family, Escape To US

By BosNewsLife Americas Service Pastor-Omar-Gude-Perez-with-his-wife-150x150 HAVANA/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- A pastor who was jailed for leading independent churches in Cuba has arrived with his wife and children in the United States "as refugees", the church leader and activists said Friday, February 1.

BREAKING NEWS: Iranian-American Pastor Faces Possible Death Sentence

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos saeed_abediniTEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian-American pastor faces a possible death sentence Monday, January 21, before a judge who is notorious for hanging defendants, his family and other Christian said. Saeed Abedini, 32, has been held in Tehran's notorious Evin prison since late September, after being detained while visiting family.

Jailed Iran Pastor Writes Sandy Hook Parents After School Shooting

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife Farshid Fathi MalayeriTEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- An Iranian pastor, who is jailed in Tehran on charges linked to his Christian activities, says he is praying for the parents who lost their children in a recent school shooting in the U.S. State of Connecticut.

BosNewsLife Weeks In Review: Keeping Faith Between Hardship And Hope

By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest bosnewslifelogo BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- BosNewsLife's Dec 9-Dec 23 news coverage was dominated by reports on Christians and Jewish people clinging to their faith amid shootings, a changing political environment, and at least some justice for victims of what was Europe's worst atrocity since World War Two.

NEWS ALERT: Church Evacuated Near School Shooting Site After Threat

By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting from the United States and Israel Young children wait outside Sandy Hook Elementary School after a shooting in NewtownNEWTOWN/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife)-- Christian mourners in Newtown, Connecticut, saw their prayers interrupted when they were evacuated at a Roman Catholic church as a bomb threat was reported by officials during services at the church, about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the site of Friday's school shooting where 20 children were killed.