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Germany could become the next European country to ban face veils under a proposal announced on Friday by officials in the ruling coalition.

Burqas and the swimwear equivalent, burkinis are under more scrutiny in Europe this summer. Germany has announced plans to ban full-face veils in some circumstances, while in a small number of French towns burkinis were banned on beaches.

A popular visa that offers a path to U.S. citizenship is temporarily closed to Chinese and Indian nationals.

The Fox News housecleaning continues.

The main US ally fighting ISIS in Syria was bombed by Syrian warplanes for the first time Thursday while US military advisers were "nearby," a US defense official told CNN.

As CNN's Ivan Watson reports, new Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's anti-drug offensive is producing results, but also facing criticism.

A law proposal making phrases like "Polish labor camps," "Polish extermination camps" and "Polish death camps" punishable by imprisonment for up to three years has been approved by Poland's Cabinet.

With goat-leather leggings and a brown bear fur hat, the 5,300-year-old mummy must have strutted the Alps with an eclectic style.

Here's one kid who'll probably learn to fly before she can crawl.

North Korea may send agents after a top diplomat who defected to South Korea recently, a defection expert told CNN.

The Viacom board met Thursday evening to approve a settlement that will change the face of the company.

The Philippines' fiery new president triggered a war of words that has shocked many Filipinos after he publicly accused a female senator of being an "immoral woman."

She's just 15 and already a world champion -- but Ren Qian had a new shiny Olympic gold medal to show off Thursday.

For the first time, the United Nations has acknowledged its own involvement in a devastating cholera outbreak in Haiti in 2010 that killed at least 10,000 people.

Many times war is boiled down to daily stories of how many people were killed, how many were wounded, what places were bombed.

Three bomb attacks targeting Turkish security forces in the east of the country have killed 11 people and wounded nearly 300 others, authorities said Thursday.

Sharp kite strings have killed three people in India in a single day, according to police.

They are not as safe or as well run as government correctional facilities, the Justice Department concluded after an extensive review process.

Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui's memorable stunned-yet-thrilled reaction to winning the bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke final at the Olympic Games in Rio last week made the Internet love her even more.