Hoping to finally flourish in the National Basketball Association (NBA), Yi Jianlian is back in the league after reports revealed that he signed a contract with the Los Angeles Lakers.
For the Green Bay Packers and their fans, losing Jordy Nelson last year was a big blow, but things are looking good at the moment as it seems he is ready to start working out.
After helping Team USA reach another gold medal in basketball at the Rio Olympics, the stars from the Golden State Warriors are now heading back home to face a new challenge.
Entering his eighth year in the league, former NBA MVP Derrick Rose believes that the moves the New York Knicks made are helping them become a force in the league.
With one of the most successful NBA careers for a foreign player, it appears that Manu Ginobili of the San Antonio Spurs is ready to hang it up after this campaign.
Entering his seventh season in the National Basketball Association, John Wall of the Washington Wizards is hoping that he will get back on track after going through surgeries in the summer.
Two United Nations experts have called on Iran to explain the confiscation of St. Peter’s Evangelical Church in Tehran and the eviction of Christian families from the property. Reports emerged in July that Iranian authorities had seized the church, described as the country’s oldest Protestant congregation, and removed Christian residents living on the site.
President Donald Trump used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to draw attention to the persecution of Christians worldwide, criticizing the U.N. Human Rights Council for giving the issue little attention while condemning some of the world’s most repressive governments. “Christians are being persecuted all over the world; it's not even believable. I never thought I'd say it, but it's been happening for a long time.”
Fulani militia attacks in one county in Plateau state, Nigeria over the weekend killed at least eight Christians, including a Baptist pastor and a church employee on their way to church services on Sunday (Sept. 20), sources said.
Excavations beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem have revealed an ancient garden and burial landscape that archaeologists say is consistent with the description of Jesus’ burial site in the Gospel of John.
The Church of England has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani Muslim cleric after past comments praising Osama bin Laden resurfaced. Lambeth Palace announced Thursday that it had rescinded the Hubert Walter Award for Reconciliation and Interfaith Cooperation presented to Maulana Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Mehmood Ashrafi on Sept. 11.