Asia/Pacific

By BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent Santosh Digal reporting from India BHUBANESWAR, ORISSA (BosNewsLife)-- A prominent rights activist of India's main umbrella group of evangelical churches has been killed by suspected Hindu hardliners in the volatile state of Orissa, local Christians confirmed to BosNewsLife Friday, December 16.  

By Joseph DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos KATHMANDU, NEPAL (BosNewsLife)– Christians in Nepal remained on high alert Sunday, December 11, amid reports that militants claimed responsibility for an attack on a Christian aid group, while security forces defused a “powerful” bomb near the entrance of a Protestant church in the capital Kathmandu.  

By BosNewsLife Asia Service LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- An evangelical church leader and another pastor in Pakistan's second largest city Lahore were hiding Sunday, December 4, after being accused of blasphemy against Islam, while a woman was hoping to avoid a long prison term on similar charges, their supporters told BosNewsLife.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two Muslim men remained behind bars Friday, December 2, after they were sentenced to long prison terms for raping a Christian girl, but the case was overshadowed by the killing of another rape victim and police brutality against a pregnant Christian woman and her husband, trial observers said.  

By BosNewsLife Asia Service with BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos HAGATNA, GUAM (BosNewsLife)-- Global Christian broadcaster Trans World Radio (TWR) was heard "louder than ever" across Asia Monday, November 21, after inaugurating two transmitters it hopes will help to reach "millions more people" including "persecuted" Christians in countries such as China.  

By BosNewsLife Asia Service HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- An unregistered house church in Vietnam's capital Hanoi faced uncertainty over where to worship Sunday, November 20, after armed men reportedly broke up their meeting, seriously injuring a dozen Christians, including women and children.

By Voice of America (VOA) Correspondent Marianne Brown reporting from Hanoi, Vietnam, special to BosNewsLife. HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- A tense calm has returned to the streets of Vietnam's capital Hanoi after hundreds of people marched through the center in an ongoing dispute between the state and the Catholic Church over the use of land.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Seven people have been detained in eastern India over the murder of a Catholic nun who was known for defending hundreds of people displaced by mining operations, police announced Friday, November 18.  

By BosNewsLife Asia Service KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Funeral services were prepared Thursday, November 17, for a Christian evangelist and entrepreneur who was killed by suspected Islamic fighters in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi, Christians said.  

By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Millions of Christians around the world were expected Sunday, November 13, to participate in the 'International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church' (IDOP), amid mounting concerns over a global crackdown on devoted believers.