By BosNewsLife Middle East Service

BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Up to six Christians have been killed in a new wave of anti-Christian violence rocking the northern city of Mosul and nearby areas, an advocacy group said.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service

NEW DELHI, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Eleven tribal Christians in India's southern state of Karnataka were freeon bail Wednesday, February 17, after Indian police detained them for several days for allegedly "forcefullyconverting" Hindus to Christianity, rights investigators and Christian leaders said.

By BosNewsLife Asia News Service

PYONGYANG/SEOUL (BosNewsLife)-- North Korea observed the 68th birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's 68th birthday but hundreds of thousands of people, including Christians, had no reason to celebrate as they remained behind bars in prison camps across the country, and many North Koreans reportedly faced starvation.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- A Christian father in Pakistan's Punjab province was without his home Monday, February 15, as his house was burned down by angry Muslims who killed his son in 2008, rights activists said.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

UZZHOROD, UKRAINE (BosNewsLife)-- Ukrainian election officials say they will not consider Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's complaints of presidential election fraud. Results show opposition leader Victor Yanukovich defeated  Tymoshenko by 3.5 percentage points in the February 7 runoff election.

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (BosNewsLife)-- About 1,000 people, many of them elderly Holocaust survivors, braved winter temperatures Saturday, February 13, to express concern about the rising far right groups in Hungary.

By BosNewsLife News Center

RABAT, MOROCCO (BosNewsLife)-- Moroccan security forces raided a Bible study group and detained 18 Moroccans while deporting an American citizen, BosNewsLife learned Friday, February 12.

By BosNewsLife Asia Service

RANGOON, BURMA (BosNewsLife)-- Over 70 houses, a mobile health clinic and two schools in eastern Burma have been burnt down by army patrols stepping up an offensive against predominantly Christian Karen villagers, rights activists said Thursday, February 11.

By Jawad Mazhar, BosNewsLife Special Correspondent reporting from Pakistan

KARACHI, PAKISTAN (BosNewsLife)-- Twin bombings apparently targeting Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi also killed at least five members of a Christian family, including a pregnant woman, BosNewsLife established Wednesday, February 10.

By Santosh Digal, BosNewsLife Asia Correspondent

KANDHAMAL, INDIA (BosNewsLife)-- Survivors of India's worst anti-Christian violence in recent memory have met European Union delegates over the weekend, urging the officials to help them in their fight for justice.