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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World News and Trends- The Middle East: Ticking toward disaster?

According to veteran journalist Robert Fisk, "the West is ignoring all the signs that the Middle East is about to explode." To him and some other observers, the Oslo peace process is long dead.
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Behind the Headlines Australia: A Nation Changes Direction

The winds of change are blowing strong in Australia. Once a bastion of the British Empire, Australia is shifting its focus away from Europe and America.
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World News and Trends: America leads in child murders

America has the highest rate of childhood murders and suicide of the world's 26 wealthiest nations, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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World News and Trends: South Africa still in trouble

An article in a major newsweekly characterized South Africa as emerging from "a post-apartheid slump with a high-growth budget and Olympian hopes."
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World News and Trends: Trouble with remnants of an empire

Even after the recent loss of Hong Kong, Britain still bears residual responsibility for 180,000 people in its remaining dependent territories.
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World News and Trends: The real significance of Hong Kong

The Hong Kong handover is being interpreted in at least two ways.
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World News and Trends: European Army or NATO?

Romano Prodi, nominated for president of the European Commission, has called for the creation of a European army as the next logical step in Europe's integration.
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World News and Trends: Some good news

Less porn in Britain.
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World News and Trends: U.S. crime peril ahead?

According to a recent report from Washington, D.C., "America is bracing itself for a storm of criminal violence that, if some experts are to be believed, will sweep the country on a scale unprecedented in the nation's history."
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World News and Trends: German-American ties unraveling?

The relationship between Germany and America that held the Atlantic alliance together for nearly 50 years is in a sad state of disrepair, according to diplomats and politicians.
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World News and Trends: Christianity wanes in Europe

The growth of secularism persists in Europe.
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World News and Trends- The British election: What next?

Many were stunned at the magnitude of the Labour Party victory in the British national election May 1.
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Africa: Still the Heart of Darkness?

Why is Africa, an enormous continent blessed with great wealth, plagued with such pervasive problems? When will it find solutions?
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Behind the Headlines... Israel: Small but Significant

"This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, with countries all around her"- (Ezekiel 5:5, New Revised Standard Version).
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Hong Kong Handover: Symbols of a Global Transfer of Power

A global power a century ago, once in control of a quarter of the world's land mass, Britain is losing yet another key possession: the thriving island of Hong Kong.
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World News and Trends: Soviet fall hits population hard

The collapse of the U.S.S.R. has led to major social changes and a potentially major population decline, according to observers.
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World News and Trends: Germany faces jobs crisis

Unemployment in Germany has risen to the highest level since World War II, according to figures released by the government, triggering warnings of possible strikes and other social upheavals from opposition leaders and economists.
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World News and Trends: U.S. concern over Mideast threats

The U.S. State Department has tried to draw the world's attention to developments in both Iran and Libya.
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World News and Trends: Hebron only a beginning

Some Arab states and the Palestinians regard the Hebron agreement as only a stepping-stone to more concessions on the part of Israel.
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World News and Trends: Europeanizing nuclear weapons

Increasing evidence exists of a Franco-German push to Europeanize nuclear weapons.
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