内容摘要：Of 33 African countries in which Russian military contractors were active, the majority were Wagner-controlled, according to U.S. government-sponsored research by RAND.

Of 33 African countries in which Russian military contractors were active, the majority were Wagner-controlled, according to U.S. government-sponsored research by RAND.

The activists had said they planned to reach Gaza’s territorial waters as early as Sunday.Thiago Ávila, a Brazilian activist on board the boat, posted a video on social media Sunday afternoon saying someone appeared to be jamming their tracking and communication devices about 160 nautical miles from Gaza.

Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament who is of Palestinian descent, is among the others onboard. She has beenbecause of her opposition to Israeli policies toward the Palestinians.After a 2½-month total blockade aimed at pressuring Hamas, Israel started allowing some basic aid into Gaza last month, but humanitarian workers have

unless the blockade is lifted and Israel ends its military offensive.An attempt last month by Freedom Flotilla to reach Gaza by sea failed after another of the group’s vessels was

while sailing in international waters off Malta. The group blamed Israel for

, which damaged the front section of the ship.But many fellow Republicans had called on him to reconsider, and he jumped back into the running just two weeks later.

He was unopposed in the Republican primary and then defeated Democrat Megan Barry — the former Nashville mayor who resigned in 2018 in scandal — by more than 21 percentage points in November 2024.Green, 60, has served since 2019 in the 7th Congressional District, which was redrawn in 2022 to include a significant portion of Nashville. The city was carved up three ways in the 2022 redistricting so Republicans could flip a Democratic district in Congress that had covered Music City, which they successfully did.

Green previously served as an Army surgeon and in the state Senate and is from Montgomery County.Green flirted running for governor in 2017, but suspended his campaign after he was nominated by former President Donald Trump to become the Army secretary. He later