Senate leaders expressed optimism on Monday about the prospects of a deal to reopen the government and avert a default on the U.S. debt, which would take place if a deal is not reached by Thursday
British police arrested and questioned four men in their 20s on suspicion of terrorism in pre-planned, intelligence led raids. They are being held on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.
Demonstrators raided a shopping center and stormed a vegetable warehouse in Moscow on Sunday following the stabbing death of an ethnic Russian man. Yegor Shcherbakov, the 25-year-old victim was reportedly killed by a native from the North Caucasus, a region in southern Russia, whose inhabitants are predominantly Muslim.