Lauren Frayer

The U.N. and World Health Organization pleaded in a joint statement for "decisive international action" to preserve what's left of the health care system in Gaza.

Five weeks into the conflict, we take a look at what happened in the region this past week.

Israel's counterattacks on Gaza have pummeled the territory's largest hospital. The Israeli military says Hamas' command center lies beneath it.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was already under pressure for other problems. Now, a recent poll says 76% of Israelis want him to resign.

In a text message to journalists, a spokesperson from Israel's Foreign Ministry said "around 1,200" is now what he called "the official number of people" killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7.

Israel's military and officials from Prime Minister Netanyahu's ruling party have acknowledged intelligence failures, and accepted responsibility for security lapses on Oct 7. Netanyahu has not.

Israeli forces have reached the coast of Gaza, splitting the besieged area in half and essentially cutting off the north from the south.

Twenty-five years after a Northern Ireland peace agreement, a controversial new law bans prosecution of crimes dating to the Troubles. Supporters deem it reconciliation. Victims see denial of justice.

Government officials and industry leaders convened an international summit in the United Kingdom to examine possible regulation of artificial intelligence.

Could artificial intelligence create bioweapons, undermine democracy and threaten the financial system? The U.K. hosts a global AI summit to seek answers and possible interventions.

Reactions to the Israel-Hamas war vary across Europe, determined by each country's unique history and perspective. Here's what governments are saying in Britain, France and Germany.

The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the same region around Herat, which was devastated by a previous temblor on October 7.

To discourage migrants, the U.K. wants to deport to Rwanda some who arrive by boat without a visa. Human rights groups have sued, and the Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Oct. 9.

The Nobel Committee has awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi of Iran, currently imprisoned, for her efforts to ensure human rights for women.

The famous tree in northern England is believed to have been around 200 years old. Efforts are under way to salvage it through regrowth or grafting — or starting over from a new seed.

Survivors of the Sept. 8 earthquake return to devastated villages. "This was our paradise," says a 74-year-old woman. "Everyone in this village is like family to me, and our family is now shattered."

The golden retriever, part of a Swedish rescue team, helped find 18 people alive under the rubble in Turkey earlier this year. He searched this week for the last missing person in a Moroccan village.

A brother and sister return to their hometown in the mountains of Morocco to see all that's lost after the earthquake.

A mountain town in Morocco is still trying to rescue people from the rubble after the powerful earthquake Friday while it also serves as a hub for aid groups trying to get to even more remote places.

Rescue teams are pulling survivors from buildings collapsed by Friday's powerful earthquake. The death toll has surpassed 2,100 people — and is expected to rise.