LOS ANGELES – An electrician who plunged to his death while working on a Los Angeles skyscraper was not supposed to be above the third floor and had removed his hard hat before falling 53 floors, construction company officials said.The man, who was in…

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan Friday, a U.S. defense official told Fox News.Both missiles are believed to be Nodong medium-range ballistic missiles launched from a road-mobile launcher, according to the official."Neither was assessed to be a threat…

BEIJING, China — Neighbors didn’t even hear the shots that killed Judge Ma Caiyun. They came from a modified ball-bearing gun, wielded by one of two men who broke into the judge’s house, then fled in panic, firing at both Ma and her husband as…

CAIRO — Radar scans of King Tut's tomb have revealed two empty spaces on the north and east chambers of the pharaonic mausoleum, Egypt's antiquities ministry said Thursday.Antiquities Minister Mamdouh al Damaty told a press conference that metal and organic masses were revealed by…

Marine archaeologists say they've found the earliest ship from Europe's Age of Discovery ever uncovered — the wreck of a vessel from Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's brutal second armada to India in 1502.Experts called it a find of major importance that could change…

Bharti Airtel has acquired spectrum in six regions for Rs 4,428 crore (Rs 44.28 billion) from Videocon Telecom, a subsidiary of Videocon Industries.The company purchased rights to use the spectrum in 1,800 MHz band in Bihar, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh East and West, Madhya Pradesh,…

On Monday, Jat leaders had threatened to resume their agitation for quotas which saw widespread violence across the state last month. "The state government has time till March 17. So far, the government has not responded to any of our demands," said Hawa Singh Sangwan,…

Pokhara: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Standing Committee, comprising foreign secretaries of eight member nations, has decided to recommend that its SAARC Council of Ministers meet every alternate November.The Council of Ministers is holding its 37th session in Pokhara on Thursday.…

Argentina's coastguard chased and sank a Chinese vessel that it says was fishing illegally in Argentine waters on Monday.In a statement, the coastguard said one of its vessels had fired warning shots at the Lu Yan Yuan Yu 010 as it headed for international…

BOSTON – A plan by the state to establish a colony of venomous timber rattlesnakes on an off-limits island in Massachusetts' largest body of water has some rattled by visions of dangerous serpents slithering through the surrounding woods, attacking hikers, fishermen and hunters.Those are…