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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife VIENTIANE, LAOS (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in central Laos have detained a Christian leader and a fellow believer for "spreading Christian religion" as part of a wider crackdown on evangelical Christians in the Asian nation, a well-informed Christian rights group said.

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.

By BosNewsLife Africa Service ASMARA, ERITREA (BosNewsLife)-- More than 120 Christians have been detained in Eritrea in a government-backed crackdown on unregistered denominations across the troubled African nation, Christian activists told BosNewsLife Thursday, June 15.

By Khristov Exoucia, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent with BosNewsLife Chief International Correspondent Stefan J. Bos TEHRAN/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife) -- Iran says tens of thousands of students are preparing themselves for suicide attacks against Israel, in revenge for the Israeli offensive against militants of the Hamas group in the Gaza Strip.

By BosNewsLife Middle East Service TEHRAN, IRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Two members of Iran's largest evangelical house church movement who were among several Christians detained last month have been released on bail, but at least one member remains behind bars, Christian activists said Wednesday, June 1. Activists also expressed concern about the deteriorating health of Maryam (Nasim) Naghash-Zargaran, a Christian concert serving a four-year sentence in Tehran's Evin Prison on what her supporters say are trumped up charges because of her faith.

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.

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 BosNewsLife Africa Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BosNewsLife)-- Sudanese authorities have charged two church leaders with crimes that carry the death penalty as part of a wider crackdown on Christians and political dissent in Sudan, rights activists confirmed to BosNewsLife Thursday, August 11.

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

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...