Sentence examples for soaring tensions from inspiring English sources

[Updated 3 56 p.m. PDT, Sept. 16: News of the shooting came as operations resumed at an industrial complex jointly run by North and South Korea after a five-month hiatus triggered by soaring tensions.

The Catalonia crisis has led to soaring tensions in the wealthy northeast region, with clashes in the streets between pro- and anti-independence supporters and hundreds of troops being sent to Barcelona in support of national police.

The Kremlin beat a tactical retreat over a regional referendum following days of soaring tension that have left dozens dead and fed fears of a civil war in Ukraine.

Amid soaring tension with Russia, Georgia hailed yesterday's event as a "step towards integration with Europe" and help in "securing the freedom to pursue our own path as a sovereign, democratic nation".

North Korea's aggressive behaviour has sent tensions soaring on the Korean peninsula.

But he denied that Islamic militants were continuing to cross into India's side of the disputed Kashmir region to carry out attacks, like one nearly two weeks ago that killed more than 30 people and sent tensions soaring.

But last year's fires were among the worst in memory and cloaked large parts of the region in choking smog for weeks, causing huge numbers to fall ill and sending diplomatic tensions soaring.

The apparently co-ordinated attacks struck days after the last US forces left Iraq and in the midst of a major crisis between the country's top Shia and Sunni political leaders that has sent sectarian tensions soaring.

With inflation devastating the value of national currencies, Western economies in the dumps, and oil prices soaring because of tension in the Middle East, anxious investors had fled to the security that supposedly only gold could provide.

Photograph: JOHN KOLESIDIS/REUTERS From Athens, Helena Smith reports that tensions are "soaring" in Greece today.

As a result, Sunni Shiite tensions are soaring in Lebanon.