Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, April 24

TRIPOLI -- Clashes between an army unit and tribal gunmen in the southern Libyan city of Sabha on Monday killed two people and wounded five others, a medical source said.

"The center on Monday has received two dead bodies and five wounded people, as a result of the clashes," a source of Sabha medical center told Xinhua. (Libya-Clashes)

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TORONTO -- At least nine people were killed and 16 others injured after a van plowed into pedestrians in Toronto's northern suburbs on Monday, police said.

The white van jumped a curb and plowed into pedestrians. The driver fled briefly but was soon arrested, according to the police. (Canada-Van Crash)

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WASHINGTON -- The gunman accused of killing four people at a Waffle House in the southern U.S. state of Tennessee was arrested on Monday following an intensive manhunt, police said.

"Travis Reinking apprehended moments ago in a wooded area near Old Hickory Blvd & Hobson Pk," the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department tweeted. (US-Shooting-Suspect)

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DAMASCUS -- Syria's President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday that the U.S.-led missile strike on Syria will not succeed in stopping the Syrian war on the terrorist groups in Syria, according to the state news agency SANA.

Assad made the remarks during his meeting with the Assistant to Iran's Foreign Minister for Special Political Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari, during which the president stressed that the attack will not stop the Syrian army from eradicating the terror groups in Syria and restoring control over all Syrian areas. (Syria-Terror) Enditem