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By BosNewsLife Africa Service with additional reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Tensions remained high in Nigeria's Plateau State Wednesday, February 16, where up to eight people were killed and more injured in sectarian clashes sparked by the stabbing of a police officer.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife HANOI, VIETNAM (BosNewsLife)-- A prominent Mennonite pastor and religious rights advocate has escaped from his besieged home in central Vietnam after "several months of police encirclement" to seek "help, food and medication" for his children and frail wife, who has been abused by police, dissidents said in messages obtained by BosNewsLife Monday, July 20.

By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by Robin Gomes of Vatican News and Stefan J. Bos in Budapest VATICAN CITY/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Dozens of Catholic missionaries and pastoral workers have been killed worldwide in 2018, most of them in Africa, according to the Vatican's news agen

By Jawad Mazhar, reporting from Joharabad, Pakistan JOHARABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Pakistani court has ordered police to protect a recently married Christian woman and her Muslim husband after they received death threats from Islamic relatives opposing their interfaith relationship.

By Martin Roth, BosNewsLife Senior Columnist LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife Columns)-- Our Christian brothers and sisters in many countries find themselves under increasingly violent attack. I feel sure that I am not the only Western Christian who is unsure about the best esponse. Should they fight back?

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian Christians have urged prayers for Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, who was acquitted of apostasy in 2012 after being sentenced to death by hanging, and three other believers after they were forced to stand trial on charges of “action against national security", activists told BosNewsLife.

BosNewsLife North America Service WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife) United States President Barack Obama has accepted the resignation of General Stanley McChrystal as the U.S. commander in Afghanistan and is replacing him with General David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command, The Associated Press (AP) news agency reports citing senior officials.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- The leader of the Syrian Catholic Church in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul condemned Friday, May 7, a deadly bombings targeting Christian students that killed four and reportedly injured up to 180 others.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife) -- Dozens of villagers have been killed in the latest attack on Christian communities in northwestern Nigeria by...

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife with reports from the region SEOUL/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- A leading coalition of advocacy and aid groups were preparing Sunday, September 9, to rescue more North Korean refugees while North Korea's regime celebrated its most powerful nuclear test yet.