Yemen does not have not have diplomatic relations with Israel and relations between the two countries are very tense.

Postulated triggers for this scenario have included malfunctioning early warning devices and / or targeting computers, deliberate malfeasance by rogue military commanders, consequences of an accidental straying of warplanes into enemy airspace, reactions to unannounced missile tests during tense diplomatic periods, reactions to military exercises, mistranslated or misscommunicated messages, and others.

The diplomatic snub strained relations between Kennedy and Adenauer further during an especially tense time for Berlin.

He also was responsible for managing tense diplomatic relations with Colombia, Spain, and the United States, whose governments at the time, led by Andres Pastrana, Jose Maria Aznar, and George Bush, openly supported the opposition.

After 20 months of tense relations, Brussels compromised by stating it would not ask Cubans to its diplomatic functions in future, be they dissidents or government ministers, rendering receptions useless as a diplomatic tool.

After tense diplomatic and covert operations, the four Jedi are reunited, and Kegan is opened up to the Galaxy.

However, the dispute over the Armenian Genocide and the recent war over Nagorno-Karabakh have created tense relations with two of its immediate neighbors, Azerbaijan and Turkey.

The U. S. experienced tense relations with Britain and its colonial government in Canada in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Regarding institutional reforms, the party was a long-time supporter of presidentialism and a plurality voting system, and came to support also federalism and to fully accept the alliance with Lega Nord, although the relations with that party were tense at times, especially about issues regarding national unity.

In 336, religious unrest in Armenia and tense relations between Constantine and king Shapur II caused war to break out between Rome and Sassanid Persia.

Despite the Algiers Agreement, tense relations with Ethiopia have continued and led to regional instability.

Eritrea also has very tense relations with all of its neighbors: Sudan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Somalia and Djibouti.

Ethiopia's relations with Eritrea are extremely tense due to an ongoing border dispute.

Following the Finnish Civil War and October revolution, Russians were virtually equated with Communists and due to official hostility to Communism, Finno-Soviet relations in the period between the world wars remained tense.

Honduras and Nicaragua had tense relations throughout 2000 and early 2001 due to a boundary dispute off the Atlantic coast.

The foreign relations of North Korea are often tense and unpredictable.

The company was in almost constant conflict with the English ; relations were particularly tense following the Amboyna Massacre in 1623.

But relations between them did turn tense in the year 1617 when Sir Thomas Roe the Elizabethan diplomat warned the Mughal Emperor Jahangir that if the young and charismatic son Prince Shah Jahan, the newly instated as the Subedar of Gujarat had turned the English out of the province, " then he must expect we would do our justice upon the seas ".

Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan relations have been tense.

Arab-Berber relations were inconsistent and often tense in the early years – while some Arab governors encouraged Berbers to participate in the new Islamic state and cultivated their Berber lieutenants, others regarded them as little more than a conquered people, imposing high taxes and tribute demands upon Berber populations and treating Berber auxiliaries rather shabbily.

Despite border ( both territorial and nautical ) tensions and the forced migration of 270, 000 Rohingya Muslims from Buddhist Burma in 1978, relations with Bangladesh have generally been cordial, albeit tense at times.

The foreign relations of North Korea ( officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ) are often tense and unpredictable.

However, by the late 1970s, momentum lagged, caused by tense inter-Korean relations,

Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, who had tense relations with Chavez, thanked the socialist leader and called for the release of all hostages.

Because of the Syrian civil war relations between Syria and Turkey have become increasingly tense.

Despite the Scots regaining their independence, Anglo-Scottish relations remained tense during the first decade of the 13th century.

However, relations have also been tense in recent years, particularly for the alleged Iranian support to Houthi rebels in Yemen, as part of the Sa ' dah insurgency.

It was the first major conference on cryptology, and was all the more important because relations between government, industry and academia were rather tense.

He ruled during a tense period between the Soga and Mononobe clans regarding acceptance of Buddhism in Japan.

In describing longer time periods, English needs context to maintain the distinction between the habitual (" I called him often in the past "-a habit that has no point of completion ) and perfective (" I called him once "-an action completed ), although the construct " used to " marks both habitual aspect and past tense and can be used if the aspectual distinction otherwise is not clear.

Relations between the police and the army have been tense, and in 1997 the army was called upon to put down a serious police mutiny.

Feelings between whites and blacks were so tense, even the jails were segregated.

What could have been a tense affair, since Rhys had seized lands in Ceredigion previously held by the Clare family, passed off with an exchange of courteous compliments, followed by some good-natured banter between Rhys and Gerald about their family connections.

Despite the Sunshine Policy and efforts at reconciliation, the progress was complicated by North Korean missile tests in 1993, 1998, 2006 and 2009., relationships between North and South Korea were very tense ; North Korea had been reported to have deployed missiles, ended its former agreements with South Korea, and threatened South Korea and the United States not to interfere with a satellite launch it had planned.

Relations between the United States and Iraq remained tense following the Gulf War.

Nicks is known for her distinctive voice, mystical visual style, and symbolic lyrics, as well as the famous ( sometimes tense ) chemistry between herself and former boyfriend and guitarist / vocalist in Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham.

After 1981, the relationship between the two men became tense, with Giscard, even though he was in the same government coalition as Chirac, criticising Chirac's actions openly.

In simple words, that occurs when there is a balance between " tense " and " relaxed " moments.

Relations between the two have recently fallen to new post – Cold War lows, and events have illustrated that the world may be heading back towards a more tense situation in terms of nuclear armament and use, possibly even to a first strike.

Relations between the U. S. and this new power have been less tense than they had been with its predecessor.

During the years that Chilperic held Tours, relations between him and Gregory were tense.

Relations between the RCC and Maher grew tense, however, with the latter viewing many of Nasser's schemes-agrarian reform, the abolition of the monarchy, the reorganization of political parties-as too radical, culminating in Maher's resignation on 7 September.

* 1859-Pig war: tense confrontation over the boundary between the US and British North America, settled by arbitration, the pig the only casualty

As of 2006, violence between the Hutu and Tutsi had subsided, but the situation in both Rwanda and Burundi was still tense, and tens of thousands of Rwandans were still living outside the country ( see Great Lakes refugee crisis ).