Kygyzstan Girl “Burned” For Faith In Christ
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BISHKEK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A young Kyrgyz girl is forced to work in a sewing workshop after being tortured by her parents in Kyrgyzstan because she converted to Christianity, well-informed investigators said Tuesday, December 18.
NEWS WATCH: Hungarians Commemorate 20th Anniversary of End of Communism
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Hungary is commemorating its crushed 1956 Revolution against Soviet domination and the 20th anniversary of its declaration as an independent republic, marking the end of communism.
BREAKING NEWS: Kyrgyzstan Christians Help Injured As Gunfire Rocks Presidential Rally
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with reporting from Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Christians in Kyrgyzstan continued praying and caring for injured survivors of their Central Asian nation's bloody uprising that killed at least 84 people, as gunfire interrupted a rally Thursday, April 15, of ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, witnesses and Christians said.
NEWS WATCH: Kalashnikov Regrets His Rifle Invention
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent
MOSCOW/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- New revelations show the late designer of the world's most famous rifle feared he was guilty for the many deaths caused by his weapon. Mikhail Kalashnikov expressed his concerns shortly before he died in a letter to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. His iconic AK-47 rifle, better known as Kalashnikov, has been the weapon of choice for guerrilla forces, terrorists and military groups in the Balkans and around the world.
NEWS WATCH: New Clashes In Ukraine
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
KYIV/BUDAPEST (Vatican Radio)-- A tense calm has returned to the streets of Ukraine's capital Kyiv's following clashes between pro and anti-government demonstrators. It comes at a time when protesters are remembering those who died in more than two months of unrest.
Uzbekistan Prosecuting Pastor, Son For “Unregistered Activity”
By BosNewsLife News Center
TASHKENT/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Supporters of a pastor in Uzbekistan have urged prayers amid concerns the devoted church leader and his son will face heavy fines for unregistered religious activity.
NEWS ALERT: Ukraine Parliament Elects Interim President After Yanukovich Ouster
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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
KYIV, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- Ukraine's parliament has elected Oleksander Turchinov as the country's interim president. Sunday's move came after legislators voted to oust President Viktor Yanukovich following clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in which at least 82 people died.
Tajikistan Churches Facing Closure In New Year
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
DUSHANBE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- A major Christian rights group warned Tuesday, December 23, that many churches in the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan in 2009, if a new draft law requiring them to re-register under restrictive conditions is adopted by parliament.
BREAKING NEWS: Russia Moves To Annex Crimea With Putin Decree (UPDATE)
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
MOSCOW/KYIV/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognized Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula as an independent state and says approving the region's entry into the Russian Federation makes sense.
NEWS WATCH: Netherlands United In Grief Over Downed Passenger Plane
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
KIEV/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife)-- The Netherlands has commemorated the nearly 300 people who died on board a Malaysia Airlines plane which was shot down over eastern Ukraine earlier this year. Flags flew at half-mast at government buildings as the nation united to remember one of the worst disasters in modern Dutch history.