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The EU needs a truly strategic concept for its external policy in order to punch its weight on the international stage, foreign affairs committee MEPs said on Tuesday. To be effective and consistent, the EU's action in the global arena needs a new, comprehensive approach.

On the Fourth of July, 2012, the voices of some of the most respected figures referenced by the British press in London, had shocked the politically sentient circles of the planet, with the publication of a report whose source has included the members of a circle of public figures from among the most highly respectable, relevant circles of Great Britain. Those voices had announced that some crucial elements of that famous empire's leading press had suddenly called for wiping out the nominally richest British banks in the world, in order to rescue both Britain and the United States from a terrible catastrophe. The relevant British proponents had proposed cooperation between the United States and Britain on this specific account.

The United States says military and diplomatic defections in Syria show a continuing "momentum building" against President Bashar al-Assad. The White House said Thursday that desperation is growing within Assad's government. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is calling for tougher U.N. action against Damascus.

The United States is imposing more sanctions on Iran and taking steps to stop Iran from using front companies and banks to evade sanctions.

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery fire a rocket from a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System as part of training at Fort McCoy, Wisc. Elements of the battalion are preparing for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.

DRC army soldiers stand guard during a military operation to strike M23 positions close to Rutshuru in eastern North Kivu province.

Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the UN and the League of Arab States on Syria, speaks to the press in Geneva.

Kofi Annan, Joint Special Envoy of the UN and the League of Arab States on the Syrian Crisis.

As Syria's main opposition coalition prepares to send a high-level delegation to Moscow, Russia appeared to signal it may eventually distance itself from President Bashar al-Assad's embattled government.

Egypt's new president briefly reconvened parliament Tuesday in defiance of the military, which dissolved the legislature last month based on a high court order. Afterwards, Egypt's highest court has overruled Mohamed Morsi's decision to recall the Islamist-led parliament that was dissolved by the nation's military leaders last month.