A strange war in an obscure corner of the planet seemed to be the occasion for mounting global tension.

Those claims, if proved, could worsen global tensions over Iran's nuclear program.

The end of the cold war and the easing of global tensions have had little impact in these circles.

The creation of an international community was introduced as a way to help relieve global tensions and mistrust.

But village leaders say that global political tensions have nothing to do with the water-license matter.

There was global tension over the very real possibility of death by nuclear bomb.

At worst they might drag their feet on arms control, raising global tensions and diverting some American resources from economic construction back into defense.

Tourism was slow to return to Lombok, provoked in part by a worldwide reluctance to travel because of global tensions.

However, the current global tension of today's world is the backdrop instead of post-war Hiroshima.

They are also striking cautionary meditations on global tensions today.