By REUTERS AND JPOST.COM STAFF Security forces on high alert after demonstrators try to breach embassy; report says military council rejected Egyptian PM resignation; Israel ambassador evacuates Cairo.

Anti-Gaddafi forces have finally entered Ben Walid, one of the four remaining Gaddafi strongholds, returning to their positions outside the town with their first batch of prisoners.

At least 163 people have died after an overloaded ferry sank off the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar with at least 600 people on board.

He said the Palestinians still intended to submit an application for recognition of Palestinian statehood to the Security Council as a first step, at risk of a confrontation with the United States.

City on a tight leash ... a canine unit police officer insepcts cars outside Grand Central Station, New York. Photo: AFP A HUNT has been mounted for two al-Qaeda operatives who officials fear have flown in to the US from Afghanistan to avenge the ...