CAIRO, May 6 (Reuters) – Israel struck and critically wounded the son of the Hamas militant group’s top negotiator on Wednesday in air strikes that also killed at least five people across the Gaza Strip, according to medics and Hamas sources.

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday ruled that the Justice Department can keep 2020 election ballots seized during an FBI search in January, a win for President Donald Trump’s administration as it pursues the president’s false claims of widespread voter fraud.

CEBU, Philippines, May 7 (Reuters) – Conflicts far beyond Southeast Asia are expected to dominate discussions of leaders of the regional ASEAN bloc meeting in the Philippines, with the Middle East crisis posing significant challenges for its fuel import-dependent economies.

May 6 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday released a document described as a suicide note purportedly written by the late Jeffrey Epstein and including the line: “It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye.”

Appearing before Parliament on Wednesday, Minister Sisisi Tolashe told MPs that any arrangement which saw a state-funded nanny allegedly paying kickbacks to Tolashe’s daughter was between the two of them.

National Coloured Congress leader Fadiel Adams is expected to appear in the Pinetown Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 7 May on charges related to his alleged interference in the investigation into former ANC Youth League secretary-general Sindiso Magaqa’s assassination.

The Constitutional Court has heard a second day of arguments in a challenge to the National Health Insurance Act, this time in a case lodged by Western Cape Premier Alan Winde. Winde is challenging the parliamentary process that led to the Act being signed off by Parliament, with particular emphasis on the National Council of Provinces’ public hearings.

Remember December 2024? South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shocked the world by declaring martial law. Within hours, citizens flooded the streets, the military backed down, Yoon was swiftly impeached, and by June 2025, the opposition had taken power.

Before a R200m cocaine consignment was stolen from an unprotected KwaZulu-Natal Hawks building in 2021, the premises was broken into seven times. This has emerged at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry, which is hearing about suspected police involvement in the theft.

DA mayoral candidate Helen Zille is pressing for Joburg to be placed under National Treasury financial administration, while the ANC wants a meeting with the minister to protect a two-year, R10.3bn staff wage deal.

Recent events involving ANC mayors claiming, against all evidence, that they are governing well reveal the growing divide between those who focus on the electorate and those focused on internal party dynamics. Events over the next few days might well reveal how senior leaders, including President Cyril Ramaphosa and Deputy President Paul Mashatile, are on different sides of a new dividing line...

Confusion runs deep in Nelson Mandela Bay over its city manager, amid an escalating leadership vacuum that raises serious concerns about governance stability and worsening administrative paralysis in the metro.