Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, Jan. 4

TRIPOLI -- Libyan army spokesman on Wednesday said that the war against terrorism in the eastern city of Benghazi killed more than 5,000 soldiers.

"All the military operations in the city have ended, and terrorism has been eliminated, after our forces fought battles from the Benina Air Base to Sidi Ekhrebish (central Benghazi)," army spokesman Ahmad Mismari said in a news conference. (Libya-Terrorism)

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DUBLIN -- An Egyptian man was arrested after he was suspected to be involved in a stabbing incident that killed one Japanese and injured two others in the north of Ireland on Wednesday, said local police.

According to police, the incident first took place at about 9:00 a.m. local time (0900 GMT) when a 24-year-old Japanese man was stabbed to death on his way to work in Dundalk, an Irish small town. (Ireland-Attack)

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ADEN -- Yemen's pro-government forces repelled Wednesday an attack by the Shiite Houthi fighters in the western coast areas in Hodeidah province, killing at least 16 attackers, a military official told Xinhua.

Scores of well-armed Houthi fighters at noon attacked the positions held by government forces near Hodeidah province, sparking an intense fighting in the area, the source said on condition of anonymity. (Yemen-Houthis-Attack)

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AMMAN -- Jordan on Wednesday condemned a suicide attack on a mosque in Nigeria's northeastern town of Gamboru that resulted in the death of 10 people, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

Jordan's Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani said the repeated targeting of worship places and civilians by the terrorist groups indicate their dark ideologies. (Jordan-Nigeria-Mosque Attack) Enditem