Islamist radicals destroyed more than 4,000 manuscripts, some dating back to the 13th century, after they seized Timbuktu in ...

Once again the world is watching with increasing alarm as religious extremists destroy centuries-old historical sites because they find them offensive. In 2001 it was the towering statues of Buddha in ...

In the West African nation of Mali, residents of Timbuktu were cheering in the streets Monday, after the city was liberated by French and Malian forces after months under the harsh rule of Islamist ...

Timbuktu. The name alone conjures mystery, obscurity and curiosity: Is that really a place? Where the heck is it? Timbuktu is in Mali, a West African country bordered by seven others, including ...

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SEVARE, MaliMalian soldiers entered the city of Timbuktu on Monday after al Qaeda-linked militants fled into the desert having set ablaze a library that held thousands of ancient manuscripts ablaze.

Culture The Rebel Librarians Who Saved Timbuktu EXCERPT In an excerpt from The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu, Joshua Hammer describes one collector’s quest to preserve the rare manuscripts hidden ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Violent jihadism as a governing ideology has been a significant feature of the global scene for nearly two decades. There are certainly differences between say, the nature Al Shabaab's control over ...

The very name evokes mystery, riches, faraway places and unknown lands. Timbuktu — the forbidden city in the heart of Africa. It was founded in 1080. And within 300 years, it had already become one of ...

Over decades, Mali produced global stars and became a hub for West African guitar. Now, musicians are struggling to hang on ...

The intriguingly unorthodox “Timbuktu,” one of five films vying for a foreign-language Oscar, is a provocative, sometimes satiric drama about the sort of Islamic extremists who make life, especially ...