Algeria, which boasts Africa’s second biggest gas reserves, has announced it will stop gas deliveries to Spain if energy is then transferred to a “third destination.” The warning follows a recent decision by Madrid to provide gas to the North African nation’s neighbor and regional rival, Morocco.

Family of the US national have said the exchange looked like a scene straight from a spy movie Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, who has spent some 12 years in an American prison, was exchanged on Wednesday for US national Trevor Reed. The latter was sentenced to nine years behind bars back in 2020.

President warns that Russia won’t hesitate to use ‘weapons that no other country’ possesses to defend itself Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned outside forces against interfering in the Ukrainian conflict, promising a “lightning-speed” response to such actions, with the use of Moscow’s most advanced weaponry.