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Dear Abby gives advice to a woman who is upset over living with her husband's former mistress.

"Brothers" starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson is a messy stew of ideas that’s occasionally amusing, but also aimless.

A Florida couple said they were attacked and pepper-sprayed by two women who were allegedly upset that they had briefly been walking in the road.

Texas investigators are seeking evidence of manslaughter in the flood deaths of 27 girls at Camp Mystic, according to court documents.

Nordics Consistently Lead The World In Gender Equality

For the 17th consecutive time, the World Economic Forum has named Iceland the most gender-equal country in the world.

This is according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2026, which was released earlier this week.

Iceland is the only country to have closed its gender gap by more than 90 percent and one of only four economies that have consistently been in the top 10 since the index's inception in 2006.

As Statista's Felix Richter reports, aside from Iceland, these are Finland, Norway and Sweden, with the former two making the top three for the third consecutive year.

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European economies have consistently filled most of the top 10 spots over the past two decades, with Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Moldova, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom having each featured at least once in the past 20 years.

Several countries from Sub-Saharan Africa also made it into the top 10 over the years, including South Africa, ranked sixth in 2009, and Lesotho (2009, 2010 and 2011. Rwanda was in the top 10 for eight consecutive years between 2014 and 2022, partly due to the fact that it has achieved full parliamentary parity - a feat few nations worldwide have managed. Namibia first joined the top 10 in 2018, before it rose to sixth place in 2021 and climbed to a record fourth place this year.

New Zealand and the Philippines are the two countries in Eastern Asia and the Pacific to have appeared fairly consistently in the top 10 throughout the Gender Gap Report’s history, while in Latin America and the Caribbean, Nicaragua is the sole high performing country. Notably, the regions of Central Asia, Southern Asia, North America and the Middle East and Northern Africa are underrepresented at the top of the gender parity ranking.

The Gender Gap Index is a means to benchmark gender parity across four dimensions: economic opportunities, educational, health and political leadership. The level of progress toward gender parity is calculated as the ratio of the value of each indicator for women to the value for men, with a parity score of 1 indicating full parity. The index also expresses progress toward gender parity as a percentage.

Tyler Durden Wed, 09/23/2026 - 02:45

Officers wearing body cameras assisted Garces Perez out of the vehicle, contradicting claims that he was pulled out by agents, before placing him under arrest.

Edwin Díaz's time closing games for the Dodgers might not be over after all.

Ritchson also claimed Amazon Prime Video killed a "Reacher" storyline involving White supremacists.

Iraqi PM Sets New June 2027 Deadline To Disarm Resistance Factions

Authored by News Desk via The Cradle,

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Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi announced a June 2027 deadline for the disarmament of the country's resistance factions in comments released on 21 September, extending a previous deadline which had been set for the end of this month.

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has pledged to disarm the country’s militias by June 2027, outlining the phased plan for the first time in an interview with The New York Times in Baghdad on Saturday.

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The announcement came in an interview with the New York Times (NYT), carried out on Saturday, during which Zaidi detailed the disarmament plan that Washington has been pushing so heavily for.

"This is not something that is optional. It is a necessity. Others who spoke of this then backtracked. They yielded to pressure or to other concerns. For me, this issue, along with that of corruption, is a matter of honor," the Iraqi premier told NYT.

"We wish to build bridges and economic ties between Iraq and the countries of the world. Under this government, Iraq will be a meeting point, not a point of hostility. Arms have to be confined first so you can build a solid economy," he added.

Zaidi had previously announced a 30 September deadline to disarm the Iraqi factions. Yet this deadline was firmly rejected by the resistance, leading to the extension.

"There would first be a 90-day period during which the militias would not launch any attacks and be assured that they would not be attacked by US forces," Zaidi said to NYT.

"After that, the [factions] would begin handing over their weapons, with disarmament ending by 30 June, 2027."

According to NYT, the resistance is "pushing" to have the deadline extended to the end of next year.

The newspaper refers to the new date as ambitious.

"The timeline is extremely precarious" and "impossible to meet during a time of war," regional diplomats and Iraqi security officials are quoted as saying by the outlet.

Zaidi claims the plan will ensure the resistance factions "cease to exist as independent entities."

"They will join the Popular Mobilization Units as individuals and integrate into them," he went on to say.

US President Donald Trump's administration has adopted a significantly more coercive approach than its predecessors to disarming the Iraqi resistance, stepping up pressure on Baghdad in recent months to dismantle the resistance factions swiftly.

Washington reportedly froze security programs with Baghdad and blocked dollar shipments to the country earlier this year to pressure Iraq into dismantling Iran-backed resistance groups.

Iraqi resistance groups have demanded a full US withdrawal, rather than the "transitional" pullout agreed on between the US and Iraq, which will see Washington shift from a "combat" to an "advisory" role, while still retaining a military presence in the country.

At the height of the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran, these resistance groups inflicted heavy damage on US assets in Iraq.

They have also supported Gaza militarily throughout the genocide and have carried out operations in response to Israeli war crimes in Lebanon.

Tyler Durden Wed, 09/23/2026 - 02:00

Page Six is breaking down all the best moments from inside the ballroom Tuesday night as the Season 35 contestants performed during Week 2 of the competition.

Page Six is breaking down all the best moments from inside the ballroom Tuesday night as the Season 35 contestants performed during Week 2 of the competition.

Jeremy Porter, 47, was taken into custody after investigators identified him as the suspect in the fatal shooting of Zah'Layah Walter.

“Coyne used a child’s aspirations as a smokescreen for a multimillion‑dollar fraud against a family. And when you prey on families, you will pay for it,” US Attorney Jerome Gorgon said.

The pull aside took place at a Trump-hosted reception at the Lotte Palace Hotel in New York and marked the first meeting between the two leaders since US forces captured and deposed former Venezuelan dictator Nocolas Maduro in January. 

"It’s a dress I’ve worn on air countless times and a dress that I have worn to other courts without issue,"

Jazz Chisholm Jr. returned from the injured list for Game 2 of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Rays, which the Yankees lost 6-1.

The Yankees chased the Rays for most of the season. 

Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has now spent 23 weeks atop the chart since Feb. 14, surpassing Carey’s 1994 hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”

Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” has now spent 23 weeks atop the chart since Feb. 14, surpassing Carey’s 1994 hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You.”

“We’re concerned how this will impact his future,” his mother said.