this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2026
163 points (98.2% liked)

World News

54317 readers
3002 users here now

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Iran struck the world-famous Fairmont hotel in Dubai, setting the hotel alight, as the war launched by the US and Israel on Iran quickly spread to the rest of the Middle East on Saturday.

Residents watched in shock as an Iranian missile hit the five-star hotel in Dubai’s luxurious Palm Jumeirah area. Social media videos showed fires breaking out near the entrance of the hotel, which led to four people being injured.

One resident said that “everyone is very scared” as the situation in Dubai continued to deteriorate.

“There is footage of missile interceptions all over the city,” they said. “I am packing a suitcase just in case … not that we can leave, because airspace is closed. It is the thing we have all been frightened about happening, and now it has.”

top 13 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

The "at work" confused me.

[–] El_guapazo@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago

It would be a lot cooler if they just targeted Trump properties and golf courses

[–] JailElonMusk@sopuli.xyz 7 points 21 hours ago

Quick somebody call Jared Kushner!

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

How do we know which are Iranian strikes and which are made to look like Iranian strikes?

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

When bombs go off, they don't atomize. There's always scraps left which you can compare to known armaments, not to mention markings on said arms shards. Also chemical analysis can determine whose explosives are used, like a fingerprint.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Will we have clear and independent access to this testing and information? Or will this not be spoken of again in any matter of detail

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Only time will tell. But it's surprisingly easy to tell where explosives come from with investigation.

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 1 points 17 hours ago

Jordan is particularly interesting. Israel wants all of it for "Greater Israel"

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 1 day ago
[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 2 points 23 hours ago

Must be a military hotel.