Despite relative obscurity in Western historiography, Byzantine architecture has had a profound influence across the world. The Byzantines, more accurately known as the Eastern Romans, developed a distinctive architectural style that has continued to influence construction to this day. Not limited to the confines of the Byzantine Empire itself, the architecture of this enigmatic civilization […]
Three journalists—Mohamed Bulbul, Abdihafid Nor Barre, and Abdishakur Mohamed Mohamud—were arrested and beaten by Somalia's counter-terrorism police in Mogadishu after reporting on a woman allegedly tortured in prison. They were detained Friday evening at a restaurant, interrogated, and released early Saturday morning. All three were reporting for The Guardian.