ASTANA, Kazakhstan — Kazakhstan is planning more restrictions on freedom of thought, conscience and belief. Human rights activists and some religious communities have expressed alarm
WASHINGTON — Former police and security officers in North Korea told a U.S. government body that their superiors had instructed them to pretend to be
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Muslim villagers in Mymensingh district eager to rid the area of the Christian work of a local pastor have gang-raped his 13-year-old
When a storm stronger than Hurricane Katrina raked the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar (formerly Burma) May 3, Baptists across the United States and world
PYONGYANG, North Korea — In a report released in April by a U.S. government body, refugee testimonies confirm severe persecution of Christians throughout North Korea.
NEW DELHI — The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat state has implemented an "anti-conversion" law passed in 2003, increasing Christians’ fears that it
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A government official in Malaysia banned a Christian newspaper from using the Arabic word "Allah" to refer to God, and efforts
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Seven days after charismatic Christian Bobur Aslamov was detained during a raid on a religious meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, his whereabouts remain
