Algerian ex-president’s brother, former spy bosses cleared

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — A military appeals court in Algeria has cleared four well-known people of plotting charges. They include the brother of the country’s longtime former leader, two ex-intelligence chiefs and the leader of a leftist political party. Among the four defendants is Said Bouteflika, brother and once-powerful special counsellor of former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who was forced to resign in April 2019 amid growing street protests. The others are former intelligen