MEXICO CITY -- Police killed 14 armed men in a shootout Monday night in a rural part of Calera, a town in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas, local officials said on Tuesday.

The shooting also left three police officers injured but in stable condition, and led to the arrest of one of the attackers, who was also injured, the Zacatecas Public Security Secretariat said in a statement. (Mexico-Shootout-Police)

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BISHKEK -- Kyrgyz parliamentarians elected a new speaker of the parliament at an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday.

Kanatbek Isaev, the 45-year-old leader of the Kyrgyzstan parliamentary faction, became new speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament. (Kyrgyzstan-Speaker-Election)

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple on Tuesday unveiled iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max with 5G and A14 Bionic chip, which is capable of completing 11 trillion operations per second.

The iPhone 12 Pro models, with the largest Super Retina XDR displays ever on iPhone, also introduce a new LiDAR Scanner for augmented reality (AR) experiences and MagSafe, which offers high-powered wireless charging. (US-Apple-iPhone 12 Pro)

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BAMAKO -- At least 12 Malian soldiers were killed in attacks launched by armed "terrorist groups" against the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) on Monday night and Tuesday morning, the Malian army confirmed this Tuesday on its official site.

"The FAMa post of Sokoura was the subject of a terrorist attack on the night of October 12 to 13, 2020. The provisional toll indicates nine deaths and several injured on the FAMa side," the Malian Armed Forces said. (Mali-Attack-Deaths) Enditem

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