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Dubai appeared to be targeted not because of its proximity to US military bases, but because of what it represents

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Loud explosions have been heard in central Israel following what Israeli media describe as a fresh missile barrage from Iran.

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Italy’s Defence Minister Guido Crosetto was stranded in Dubai on Saturday after flight suspensions followed US and Israeli strikes on Iran, a source close to the ministry said, Reuters reported.

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Indian studio Sanjay Puri Architects dreamed up plans for a university that are quite unlike the usual imposing structures that immediately come to mind. It's a marvel from every angle, and especially so when you look at the roof.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday called for restraint to avoid any nuclear safety risks in the Middle East as tensions escalate after the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran, Anadolu reports.

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A scene of devastation in Minab, Iran, as parents waited to know the fate of their young daughters after the bombing of a girls' elementary school killed over 100.

Feb. 28, 2026
[eyewitness accounts from Minab and Tehran]

Mohammed Shariatmadar stood outside the wreckage of the Shajareh Tayyiba girls’ elementary school in Minab, in southern Iran on Saturday morning, unable to process what he was seeing. His six year-old daughter, Sara, a second grade student, was among dozens of girls killed when the school was bombed in the first few hours of the war launched by the U.S. and Israel on Iran.

In the immediate aftermath of the strike he remained standing in the shade of a cracked wall, staring at the ground and ignoring the commotion around him. He didn’t approach the building, which had been sealed off, but he didn’t move away either. His hands knotted together, then separated, then knotted again, in a repeated motion. Every time a paramedic emerged or an ambulance moved, he quickly raised his head, then returned to staring at the ground. He asked no one a direct question. He was only waiting for his daughter’s name to be called.

When families were finally directed to a gathering point to receive the bodies of their children, he slowly moved forward. When asked if he needed help, he shook his head silently and waited for his daughter’s body to be brought out.

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The squirrels of Central Park

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Whad iz dis? I gives you two nuts yesturday and you sez you gonna pay me back today! You want I should break your incisors or what? / Hey! I get da nuts! I get da nuts! I just need a liddle time, Squeezle!

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Like moths to a light, the neighborhood dogs were all drawn by Emile’s uncontrollable fear.

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Feb. 28, 2026

At approximately 9:40 a.m. local time in Iran, President Donald Trump launched what he bluntly characterized as a regime change war aimed at eliminating the Iranian leadership, destroying the country’s missile system and naval forces, and calling on Iranians to rise up and seize control in the aftermath of the attacks. The bombing campaign was initiated by Israel but Trump’s statement announcing U.S. involvement made clear the stakes to Iranians: “Bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take,” Trump said in a taped statement on Truth Social soon after Operation Epic Fury began. “This will be probably your only chance for generations.”

In what has now become a signature component of Trump’s approach to Iran, the U.S. constructed a false veneer of continuing diplomatic negotiations, only to turn around and launch a major attack.

Mexican prosecutors say they have returned the body of drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, to his family

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Truth is the first casualty of war, as shown by the UK blocking Iranian media to whip up support for an illegal war

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Feb. 28, 2026 When Hossein woke up in his eastern Tehran home on Saturday morning to the sounds and news of US and Israeli strikes, he immediately tried to contact his parents.

He called again and again, but no one answered.

“The last time I spoke to my parents was last night. I had asked them many times to leave Tehran. I told them that since they are retired, they should at least go to the north for now," he tells Middle East Eye, struggling to hold back tears.

“But they refused. They said this is not a life – leaving our home every couple of days.”

Hossein says his parents’ home was completely destroyed by Israeli strikes on Saturday.

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