Believers told the Southeast Asia director of Christian Aid Mission in Charlottesville, Virginia that they planned to continue Easter services in their homes despite government harassment.

Kenya (MNN) ? An eight-year-old boy was recently pronounced dead from injuries incurred by a grenade in Kenya.

India (MNN) ? Anti-Christian sentiments appear to be on the rise across India.

Nigeria (MNN) ? A shootout in northeast Nigeria Sunday claimed six lives, three of them members of the Islamist sect, Boko Haram, suspected of cultivating links with Al Qaeda.

One of the nations in our Restricted Nations page is Morocco. Morocco is 99.9 percent Muslim and has a tiny Christian population of about a tenth of a percent.

Uzbekistan (MNN) ? Uzbekistan has earned its spot as 7th on the Open Doors World Watch List for the persecuted church and is proving its keep.

Iran (MNN)—A 78-year-old Christian woman was recently arrested in Iran, reports the The Voice of the Martyrs, Canada.

Nigeria (MNN) ? A school, a police station, and banks are the latest targets of the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram. More than 300 people have been killed since the beginning of the year. These attacks have Christians fearing for their lives since the terrorist group declared war on Christians.

International (MNN) ? There has been a perceived bias against Christians in the media in the western world, but now it's more than perceived. According to the Christian Institute in the United Kingdom, the head of the BBC, Mark Thompson, says the company would never mock Mohammed like it mocks Jesus.

Colombia (VCM/MNN) ? Although Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has had to alter the war against the state, they're no less disruptive.