World Regions

"So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city" (Genesis 11:8).

Long ago, an ancient civilization revolted against God, gathering together and attempting to build a tower to the heavens. In response, God divided their languages and caused them to scatter across the globe. Now, millennia later, each world region has its own unique history...and shared future. Find out more below, or focus on a specific region with the links on the right.

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The Six-Day War—40 Years Later

Many events have shaped the modern Middle East—perhaps none more than the Six-Day War in 1967. Sadly, Israel and Jerusalem remain a source of contention, with more conflict to come.
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Jerusalem: City of Contention

Until Jesus Christ returns and makes Jerusalem the capital of His world ruling kingdom, that city will not experience any lasting peace.
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Poland Defies the EU

In the European Union’s desperate efforts to turn key points from its derailed constitution into a treaty last month, Poland became the principal impediment to the wishes of EU leaders. Why such Polish opposition?
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Compass Point and Daily Links

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Pope Benedict XVI Puts His Church "on Edge"

In the last two years, Pope Benedict's clear positions on controversial issues appear to have given the Roman Catholic Church an "edgy" new decisiveness.
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Immigration Lessons from Lebanon

Once considered the banking capital of the Arab world, Lebanon was widely known as the "Switzerland of the Middle East." It attracted tourists in large numbers. The city of Beirut was often referred to as the "Paris of the Middle...
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John Adams, the Prophet

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Don't Tell British About EU Treaty

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Jamestown's Significance for Americans 400 Years On

Four centuries ago the first English settlers arrived in Virginia, establishing a colony that laid a foundation for the future United States of America. What are the lessons of Jamestown 400 years later?
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Saving Africa

Africans today are seeking a strong leader who will ignite their enthusiasm and inspire and mobilize them. That leader is coming!
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Brother Nations with Different Historical Perspectives

Is it possible that the founding peoples of the British Commonwealth and later of the United States and Canada are descendants of the supposedly "lost" tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh?
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Brother Nations with Different Historical Perspectives

Is it possible that the founding peoples of the British Commonwealth and later of the United States and Canada are descendants of the supposedly "lost" tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh?
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What Does the New EU Treaty Mean?

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China Looks to Africa

China's philosophy toward African politics, coupled with its voracious appetite for energy and raw materials, makes an alliance with Africa ideal. But does Africa benefit as much as China does? And where does this alliance leave the United States and...
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Why the Separatist Movement in Scotland?

The reasons put forward for separation are historical in nature as well as contemporary.
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Restoration: Britain in History and Prophecy

This issue of World News and Prophecy took on a theme dealing with Great Britain and its world role. Melvin Rhodes was moved to write about Queen Elizabeth's recent trip to America, while John Ross Schroeder wrote about the potential...
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Is the British Union in Danger?

Historically during the last 300 years the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has suffered only relatively minor threats to its unified existence. Even the 1997 decision to create a Scottish Parliament and a Welsh Assembly was probably...
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World News and Trends: America and Europe hit by loss of bees

"Hundreds of millions of honeybees have vanished in 22 US states, leaving keepers financially crippled and jeopardising £8 billion [or $16 billion] of crops that needed insects for pollination" (The Times, Feb. 19, 2007).
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Forty Years after the Six Day War

In June 1967 the tiny nation of Israel crushed an attempted invasion by Egypt, Jordan and Syria in less than a week. Israel's complete military victory should have ended its security problems. But in the forty years since that conflict...
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