111.   Tensions increased after Beijing suspended high-level talks with Taipei and launched a verbal attack in retaliation for Taiwan sending its leaders on visits abroad.

112.   Tensions have increased recently in the area following the discovery of Chinese structures on a Philippine-claimed reef.

113.   Tension has been increasing between the two political parties in recent months.

114.   Tension has increased between the two neighbours, with reports of Syrian troop movements in Lebanon and missile test-firing by both countries.

115.   The lasting tension has increased recently after clashes in the divided southern city of Mostar and a series of attacks against churches and mosques.

116.   The IFP refused to back down and as the tension increased, a few shots rang out from the ANC ranks.