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There is outrage in Ankara after the House of Representatives ratified Chris Pappas' amendment to block the sale of American F-16s to Turkey.

Under the Pappas amendment, not only the sale of new F-16 fighters, but also any modernization kit or equipment upgrade to Turkey is expressly prohibited.

A proposal by two deputies in the House of Representatives of the Bosnian parliament to suspend excise duties on fuel in order to reduce ever higher prices failed to pass, after representatives from the Serb-majority entity Republika Srpska opposed it.

Vandals have attacked the Partisan Memorial Cemetery in Mostar and smashed hundreds of engraved stone memorial markers commemorating anti-fascist fighters from the southern Bosnian city who died during World War II.

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Federation parliament, voted on Monday for changes to the entity's Law on Electricity to ban the building of any more small hydropower plants because of their negative impact on the environment.

The global shortage of critical semiconductors is likely to last at least through next year and perhaps longer, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo warned.

Russia said the main warship of its Black Sea Fleet, the missile warship 'Moscow', was severely damaged and that its crew was evacuated after an explosion that Ukraine claims was the result of a missile strike.

Russia will hold ballistic and cruise missile exercises on Saturday, and such maneuvers generally required the personal involvement of President Vladimir Putin. The Black Sea Fleet will also take part in them.

This was stated by the President of the House of Representatives of Egypt, Hanafy El Gebali, in a conversation with the President of the Assembly of Serbia, Ivica Dai, RTS reports.
Gebali said that the recognition took place in special historical conditions.

Donald Trump's former chief of staff filed suit on Dec. 8 against the congressional committee pursuing him for criminal contempt over his refusal to testify in their probe of the deadly U.S. Capitol assault.

President Joe Biden briefly transferred power to Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 19 while he underwent a routine colonoscopy, setting up a history-making moment as Harris became the first woman to hold that authority during the short time she stepped in as acting president.