Mexico Exonerates Ex-Defense Chief Who Was Freed by the U.S.Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda returned to Mexico last year after the Department of Justice abruptly dropped drug-trafficking and corruption charges. Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard gets hero’s welcome in IsraelJonathan Pollard, a former US Navy analyst who spent 30 years in a US prison for selling government secrets to Israel, landed in the Jewish state Wednesday to a hero’s welcome. “We are ecstatic to … Iran resumes 20% enrichment at Fordow amid rising tensions with U.SIran has resumed 20% uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear facility, the government said on Monday, breaching a 2015 nuclear pact with major powers and possibly complicating efforts by U.S. President-elect Joe Biden to rejoin the deal. Nicola Sturgeon tells Donald Trump he can't come to Scotland for golfScotland's first minister repeated the current coronavirus lockdown rules as she addressed reports that the US president plans to swerve Joe Biden's inauguration by going on a transatlantic golfing trip. Israel is an apartheid regime says prominent rights groupIsrael countered that the claims were false The dark side of Israel’s vaccine success storyIsrael is refusing to provide the vaccine to the millions of Palestinians it is forcefully ruling over. Climate change made 2020's weather disasters worse, report saysThe 10 costliest weather disasters this year saw insured damages worth $150 billion, topping the figure for 2019 and reflecting the long-term impact of global warming. Health official says Pfizer vaccine deal only includes publicly available dataHealth Ministry's Alroy-Preis says no private information will be handed over to pharma giant, data will be used to assess when herd immunity achieved, infection curve broken Why Oxford's Covid-19 vaccine could do more for the world than other shotsIn the days since Oxford University and AstraZeneca unveiled the results of the partnership's Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trials, a growing number of questions have emerged. Israel approves 800 West Bank settler homes in final days of TrumpPalestinians condemned the building of the homes as illegal