Asia

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Nativity Television, the only Christian television station in the Holy Land, has been forced to shut down for lack of funding.

BALUPETTE, India — About 20 Hindu extremists in Karnataka state’s Hassan district stormed a worship service Nov. 25, dragged out two pastors and another believer,

SOUTH JAKARTA, Indonesia — Three Islamic extremists were sentenced Dec. 3 to 19, 14 and 10 years in prison respectively for beheading three Christian teenage

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Attacking the house of a Baptist pastor and protesting the presence of a Catholic church, radical Muslim groups got authorities to close

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — A Baptist has been sentenced to serve two years of correctional labor. Nikolai Zulfikarov was sentenced Nov. 29 under Uzbekistan’s criminal code

NEW DELHI — Ending a long era of no adoption rights for non-Hindus, the Indian government has cleared the way for all religious communities in

NEW DELHI — More than 500 Christians from across India staged a rally in New Delhi Nov. 29 to protest yet another Supreme Court deferment