That's not fog of War.
http://www.conquerclub.com/game.php?game=1081513
Is Fog of War. It's a new gameplay option where a player can only see countries which are next to any of his or her armies.
What you are referring to is the new Active games rank list. It prioritizes all the games by 1) Games in which you have a turn, and the time remaining on that turn, and then 2) For all other games, time remaining until the next turn.
It's really neat. I agree with you that I'd prefer the old style, but this new one is more practical and we'll get used to it soon enough.