Sentences with phrase «rising nuclear tensions»

North Korea's decision to participate in the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang was considered a symbolic breakthrough amid rising nuclear tensions and a war that never officially ended.

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The visit came amid rising diplomatic tensions surrounding the Korean Peninsula and a war of words between the U.S. and North Korea over the Communist regime's missile launches and nuclear weapons development.

Tensions between North Korea and the United States and its allies rose after several missile and nuclear tests by the North Korean regime, including one projectile that passed over northern Japan.

(CNN)- As Jews gathered together at sundown Wednesday to break the Yom Kippur fast, in some homes it wasn't just food that was being shared, but also opinion on the rising tension between the leaders of the United States and Israel over the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program.

A first nuclear crisis erupted but was temporarily dealt with in the 1990s, but tensions rose again in 2002, when US President George Bush included North Korea in the «Axis of Evil» with Iraq and Iran, as regime which «pursues weapons of mass destruction while starving its citizens.»

The latest information about Kim's detention came amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula, driven by concerns that the North might conduct its sixth nuclear test in defiance of US pressure and UN sanctions.

Those rising tensions were coupled with a conference agenda which included votes on economic policy, tax rates, energy, nuclear weapons and the dreaded tuition fees.

Artist Statement «As tensions rise across the globe, the threat of nuclear warfare grows.