Asia

ALIABAD, Azerbaijan — Baptist pastor Zaur Balaev was sentenced Aug. 8 to two years in prison. The pastor from Aliabad in northern Azerbaijan was convicted

CAIRO, Egypt — A Muslim convert to Christianity filed a suit against Egypt’s interior ministry Aug. 2 for refusing to legally recognize his change of

 HANOI, Vietnam — A school in central Vietnam has denied entry to a fifth-grade boy because he is a Christian, according to a letter from

Two Taliban leaders and four South Korean officials met Aug. 10 to begin negotiations over the fate of 21 Korean Christians held hostage in Afghanistan

WYNNEWOOD, Pa. — A broad coalition of evangelical leaders is attempting to “correct a serious misperception” that all evangelicals oppose creating a Palestinian state. Led

With two South Korean men executed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, 21 young Koreans remained hostage at the two-week point Aug. 2 after the Christian

AHMEDABAD, India — The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party in Gujarat state, India, has resumed the secret survey of Christian institutions it began eight years

SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan — A mother and her young child have been barred from their home after a court executor sealed the Baptist church premises in