Asia

KOBRIN, Belarus — A state official has defended as lenient a fine of almost two weeks’ average wages imposed on Viktor Orekhov for organizing a

CAIRO — Egypt has denounced a U.S. report on the African nation’s worsening condition of religious freedom. The State Department’s annual International Religious Freedom Report,

BOMMASANDRA, India — Six Hindu extremists beat Pastor Abey C. Mathew, 30, of the Christian Ministry Church Sept. 6 in the Bommasandra area of Bangalore.

Deep in the bowels of a converted factory complex in Moscow, Denis and his band mates crank up the volume. The window into their dingy,

ASMARA, Eritrea — Eritrean authorities tortured a woman to death Sept. 5 for refusing to recant her Christian faith. This is the fourth such killing

GEDDALAHALLI, India — A group of about 35 extremists from the Hindu organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) beat the principal of a Bible college Sept.