IDF Spokesperson Brig.-Gen.Effie Deffrin said on Tuesday evening that Hamas’s grip on the Gaza Strip is weakening, as Israeli forces continue operations both above and below ground. “Hamas is ...

Gazans overrun Strip’s new aid center; operator says distribution has resumed IDF confirms it fired shots into air, not at center itself; US-backed aid group says centers have given out 8,000 ...

Amid the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, aid shipments have brought much-needed support. The ceasefire is allowing aid workers to deliver vital supplies such as food, water and medical care.

On Nov. 25, Band Aid released the “ultimate remix” of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?,” the rock charity single from 40 years ago that, in addition to whatever good it has done, ...

Fuse ODG – aka Nana Abiona – fuses afro-pop with hip-hop and afrobeat R&B British-Ghanaian singer Fuse ODG, who recently criticised foreign aid in Africa, has released a music video entitled ...

It's the 40th anniversary of Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and Bob Geldof is ready to reminisce and continue the fight against famine.

When Band Aid came out, I am African, I was living in Africa and had a fairly good life. "Africa is a place which is booming in terms of its economic growth and diversity. There's so much that the ...

ARRIVING at the remote village school in the Tigray highlands, Band Aid icon Birhan Woldu is swamped by a sea of smiling faces. At the head of the crowd, two beaming children are holding a sign the… ...

SLOWLY shaking her head with disgust, Birhan Woldu is seething that her beloved Band Aid has come under attack. “That song helped keep me and thousands of others alive,” said the mother of two ...

In 1984, the Boomtown Rats’ Bob Geldof and Ultravox’s Midge Ure wrote a catchy, well-intentioned, deeply problematic Christmas song about the need to help other people during the holiday season.

The original Band Aid single saw artists join forces in 1984, led by Boomtown Rats frontman Geldof and Ultravox’s Midge Ure to help charities working with starving children in Ethiopia.

Paul, 68, met his wife Stacey Smith while filming the video to his 1983 hit Come Back And Stay, a year before Band Aid. They married in 1987 and went on to have three children, Levi, Layla and Grady.