Libya rebels overtake Tripoli as Gaddafi regime crumbles

RIPOLI, Libya — Euphoric Libyan rebels took control of most of Tripoli in a lightning advance Sunday, celebrating the victory in Green Square, the symbolic heart of Moammar Gadhafi’s regime. Gadhafi’s defenders quickly melted away as his 42-year rule crumbled, but the leader’s whereabouts were unknown and pockets of resistance remained.

The US and the new Middle East: Libya

Fault Lines travels to the frontlines of the war in Libya to see what US policy looks like on the ground.

Exclusive: Terrorists for the FBI

Our investigation into the secret network that surveils and entraps Americans.

E.U. elites keep power from the people

BERLIN — When the German philosopher Jürgen Habermas says something about Europe and his country, Germans take special note. As a passionate European with a big following in the United States, Mr. Habermas, 82, comments when he senses that things are going very wrong.

Putin ally Valentina Matviyenko set to be Russia’s No 3

A close ally of Russian PM Vladimir Putin has won a reported landslide in a vote that puts her on course to assume one of Russia’s most powerful roles.