DAMURHUDA, Bangladesh — A court in Bangladesh on Aug. 11 exonerated two Christians, along with four Muslim friends, accused of “hurting religious sensibility.” Nurul Islam,
CENTRAL ASIA — James (not his real name), a believer in Central Asia, is being held imprisoned and tortured for his faith. “He has been
ARKALYK, Kazakhstan — After legal residence in Kazakhstan for 15 years, marriage to a Kazakh citizen and a 2-year-old daughter, Russian citizen Leonid Pan was
FERGANA, Uzbekistan — Police who raided a Protestant family’s private home in Fergana assaulted the husband and confiscated religious literature, local Protestants said. The religious
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Five Baptist leaders have signed letters to officials of various political factions urging renewed commitment to reconciliation in the northeast Indian
BOGOR, Indonesia — A mayor in West Java who disregarded a Supreme Court ruling to reinstate the building permit of a church in Bogor has
Suspected Islamists were behind the burning of three homes used as churches on Sumatra Island’s Riau province in August, though a political motive also may
Chinese pharmaceutical companies are grinding up dead babies into stamina-enhancing pills, according to a South Korean television network. A documentary team from SBS TV, formerly
