Jailed Uzbek Pastor Faces Extradition From Kazakhstan
By BosNewsLife News Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
ASTANA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Kazakhstan has detained an Uzbek house church pastor who is wanted in his home country for "illegal" religious teaching and Christian literature distribution, according to local Christians and rights activists.
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.
BosNewsLife Week In Review: Christians Battle Nazism, Starvation, Deadly Attacks (Dec.2-8)
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- Devoted Christians in Hungary and the Middle East stood up against Nazism or Islamic extremism this week, while others worshiped Christ behind bars, between bomb explosions and in bitter cold conditions.
Belarus Pastor Fined, Church’s Bank Account Frozen
By Joseph C. DeCaro, BosNewsLife International Correspondent
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.
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.
NEWS ALERT: Belarus Not To Evict Massive Evangelical Church
By BosNewsLife News Center in Budapest with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
MINSK/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- One of the largest evangelical congregations in Belarus confirmed Wednesday, December 5, that authorities at the last moment decided not to evict them from their building, following years of judicial wrangling.