NEWS ALERT: Attacks Kill 21 Christians In Nigeria
By BosNewsLife Africa Service
ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)-- Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has urged an end to communal violence after Muslim Fulani herdsmen in central Nigeria’s Plateau state killed 20 Christians, including children, in an apparent reprisal attack, while elsewhere a priest was shot outside his church.
Dylann Roof Found Guilty Of Church Massacre In US
By BosNewsLife Americas Service
CHARLESTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- A jury on Thursday, December 15, found avowed white supremacist Dylann Roof guilty of killing nine black parishioners last year when he opened fire during an apparently long-planned assault at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina.
Iraq Christians Caught In Middle After Provincial Poll
By Stefan J. Bos, BosNewsLife Chief International Correspondent with reporting from Iraq
MOSUL, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made a strong showing in Saturday's provincial elections, but it was unclear whether life would improve for the country's embattled Christian minority.
Evangelical Pastor Facing Abuse In Kazakhstan Prison, Christians Warn
By BosNewsLife News Center
ASTANA/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- An evangelical pastor faced possible abuse in a Kazakhstan prison Tuesday, July 16, nearly two months after he was jailed for harming the health of his congregants by infusing hallucinogens" into the communion juice" and other charges, rights activists told BosNewsLife.
Communist Rebels Decapitate Indian Pastor, Wife Severely Beaten
By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Senior International Correspondent with BosNewsLife Asia Service
NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Communist rebels decapitated a pastor and cut up his body after murdering him, and severely beat his wife in Valam Guve Village, India, according to a Washington-based Christian human rights organization.