BREAKING NEWS: Prominent Vietnam Pastor Flees Encircled Home; Wife Beaten, Dissidents
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.

Egypt Urged To Protect Christians After Murder Orthodox Priest
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
CAIRO, EGYPT (BosNewsLife)-- Rights activists have urged Egypt's government to increase the security of Christians and other minorities after a 50-year-old Coptic Orthodox priest from Upper Egypt was stabbed to death, and another was wounded, by a suspected Islamic militant.

Pakistan Christian Sewage Workers Die In Controversial Accident
By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan
LAHORE, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Three Christian sewage workers have died in a toxic accident in Pakistan's Punjab province because employers refused to equip them with life saving appliances, Christian relatives said Thursday, April 22.
Nigeria Releases Imprisoned Christian
By Eric Leijenaar, BosNewsLife Senior Special Correspondent
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Nigerian Christian who was serving a three-year prison sentence since May 2008 on charges of "blasphemy" against Islam has been released, BosNewsLife learned Thursday, February 26.

NEW EUROPE: Hungary Detains Human Traffickers Amid Mounting Refugee Misery
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife reporting from Hungarian-Serbian border area
ROSZKE, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- A Hungarian court has ordered the preliminary detention of four men suspected of being involved in the deaths of 71 migrants found in a truck in Austria until they are indicted or September 29 at the latest. The three Bulgarian suspects are aged 29, 30 and 50, officials said, while the Afghani is 28 years old. The arrests came while thousands of refugees continue to arrive in Hungary

Dozens Of Christian Villagers Killed In Nigeria
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife) -- Dozens of villagers have been killed in the latest attack on Christian communities in northwestern Nigeria by...
Iraq Bombings On Christian Students Kill Four
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.

BREAKING NEWS: Priest Shot Dead In Zanzibar; Pastor Beheaded On Mainland
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA (BosNewsLife)-- A Catholic priest was shot dead Sunday, February 17, on his way to church in Tanzania's semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar, just days after a pastor was beheaded by suspected Muslim extremists on the mainland, officials and Christians said.

Activist Faith McDonell Becomes Director Amid Massive Persecution
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife) -– Leading Christian rights activist, broadcaster, and author Faith McDonnell, has become director of...
Aid Workers: ‘Hundreds of Christians Slaughtered In Ethiopia’
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (BosNewsLife)-- Muslim militants have killed hundreds of Christians, including pregnant women, children, and whole...