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The trial comes against the backdrop of strained ties between Cairo and Doha.

Mr. Kerry's visit — and the postponement of Mrs. Clinton's — reflected the strained ties between the two nations, but also the efforts by the administration to repair them.

While Obama and Netanyahu have never had a warm relationship, the US president's pursuit of diplomacy with Iran has deeply strained ties between the leaders.

Mr. Lellouche also sought to play down the sense of strained ties between Paris and Berlin after Germany delayed action over financial aid to Greece while Paris pushed for swifter assistance.

The cases of at least four Iranian-Americans held in Iran — with others who hold dual nationality and Iranian intellectuals whose cases have not been publicized facing similar problems — have further strained ties between the United States and Iran.

A Nato air strike has killed at least five Afghan soldiers and injured eight others in one of the worst friendly fire incidents of the war and a fresh blow to strained ties between Kabul and Washington.

The British prime minister, David Cameron, has reached out to Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, expressing hope that his election will create an opportunity for an improvement in long-strained ties between London and Tehran.

The launch, which followed the North's fourth nuclear test last month, aggravated already-strained ties between the rival Koreas.

It was the first meeting between Ms Park and Mr Abe since both took office, amid strained ties over historical and territorial issues.

The president has improved sometimes strained ties with the United States.

Mr. Davis's release appears to have temporarily cooled frictions between the two wary allies, but it left unresolved many of the irritants that strained ties in the first place.