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 United States and Britain- a Key Prophetic Relationship

Those who would do harm to the existing world order, thus tearing apart and reshaping power structures, are growing bolder with each passing season.
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North Korea's Nuclear Blast: What Does It Mean?

Stalinist Kim Jong Il has brought North Korea into the nuclear club. Headlines ask, "Who Can Stop Him Now?" Now that we know North Korea has nuclear devices, we ask, "What does this mean?"
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Are we seeing a decline in American power?

Bible prophecy shows a coming time of trial for America, Great Britain and other English-speaking nations who have received great material blessings.
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Holy War and the Future of Mankind

It is important to understand that the problems in the Middle East are not just over political or military issues, but also over major and longstanding cultural, ideological and religious differences between East and West.
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World News and Trends: Iraqi sectarian violence leading to civil war?

The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East told Congress . . . that 'Iraq could move toward civil war' if the raging sectarian violence in Baghdad is not stopped.
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World News and Trends: Hezbollah sets back Israeli ecosystem 50 years

Huge swaths of forests and fields across northern Israel have been scorched by thousands of Hezbollah rocket strikes over the past three weeks, and experts said it would take nature at least 50 years to recover," began an Aug. 2...
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A Page on the World... American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation

Jon Meacham writes an insightful book about America's historic relationship with God (2006, ISBN 1-4000-6555-0).
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World News and Trends: Britain vulnerable to Iranian-sponsored terrorism

Noted British columnist Melanie Phillips has alerted London to the indigenous dangers posed by Hezbollah.
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World News and Trends: China's obscure Middle Eastern activities

China receives little news coverage concerning its activities in the Middle East. As the late Deng Xiaoping once expressed it, "China must hide brightness and nourish obscurity . . . to bide our time and build up our capabilities."
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Is Now the Time for A New Middle East Peace Initiative?

The Bible reveals that God has an overall plan that will bring mankind's sufferings to a close and usher in world peace and prosperity. That plan has a number of benchmarks pictured by seven annual festivals.
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Who Died and Left America in Charge?

Who gave the United States the right to throw its superpower weight around, pushing others here or there? What has made America think she can dominate world history from mid-20th century to now? Why does she possess and control such...
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Hugo Chavez Taking Over the United Nations or Taking It Down?

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Radical Islam: An Arc of Extremism That Threatens the Globe

In an Aug. 1 speech, British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned of an "arc of extremism" that extends across much of the Islamic world posing a very real threat to Western civilization. How great is this threat, and where is...
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Media Blitz Against Israel

The UN-mandated cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah has evoked a media frenzy (at least in Britain), with one article feverishly following another as observers seek to explain the significance of what is perceived as the first real Israeli battlefield failure.
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Coming: A Massive European Intervention in the Middle East

According to International Herald Tribune columnist Judy Dempsey, German Chancellor Angela Merkel recommended to Berlin cabinet officers that the Fatherland not support a NATO peacekeeping venture in Lebanon because it would be "too strongly identified with the United States" (Aug...
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A Coming Divine Deliverance for Israel

The introduction to The Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilization states that "Jews are no longer cut off, as they once were over a century ago, from their fellow—Jews in what were then distant lands.
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Three Critical Observations about the Aftermath of the Hezbollah-Israel War

There are three specific observations in the wake of the 2006 Hezbollah-Israel War that point in the direction of future events.
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Pride of America's Power: Approaching the Breaking Point?

Last month in part one of this series we showed the vast power currently held by the United States. Could we see a time when this power, in all its forms, will be broken, no longer able to influence world...
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The Middle East in Conflict: How Will It End?

In the wake of the latest war, Time magazine asked the right questions: "What is it about the Middle East that makes the conflicts so intractable? Why the hate and where's the healing?" (July 24).
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Terror Alarm in Germany

An unsuccessful train bombing in Germany reveals a changing public mood on domestic security.
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