BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A senior British official made clear during a meeting with ambassadors from European Union countries in London this week that his government wants a signal from the EU about what kind of Brexit deal it is willing to accept before triggering divorce talks, EU sources said.

BURG RASHID, Egypt (Reuters) - Mohamed Mabrouk hoped to sail from Egypt to a better future in Europe. But just before sunrise on Wednesday, the teen called his uncle in a panic as the boat carrying him and hundreds more migrants across the Mediterranean was overwhelmed by water.

LAGOS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Nigerian troops have been fighting with the Boko Haram militant group over control of a northeastern town, the army said on Wednesday.

ISTANBUL, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A second rocket hit the Turkish border town of Kilis on Thursday, injuring one person, local mayor Hasan Kara told broadcaster CNN Turk.

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A drive to give six million severely malnourished children life-saving treatment every year by 2020 – twice the current number – will only succeed if governments prioritize it alongside other killers and treatment costs are cut, hunger experts said on Thursday.

TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces backed by air strikes from the U.S.-led coalition gained complete control of the northern district of Shirqat on Thursday, bringing the military a step closer to a main push on Mosul later this year.

PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France has protested vigorously to its northern neighbor after two Belgian policemen drove a group of illegal migrants into France and released them.

LONDON (Reuters) - Thomson Reuters has agreed to acquire trading technology firm REDI Holdings, it said in a statement on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - The United States' top general told Congress on Thursday that he did not believe it would be wise to share intelligence with Russia and said that would not be one of the military's missions if Washington and Moscow were to work together in Syria.