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  • Nicks introduced "Stevie Barbie" at a concert on Sunday night, and preorders sold out the next day. The doll resembles Nicks in her Rumours era, with her signature flowy sleeves and platform boots.
  • Israeli troops have far greater firepower. But elusive Hamas militants are hiding and will seek to ambush Israelis from tunnels that crisscross Gaza.
  • Ahmad Saeedi was shot shortly after predicting on TV that he would likely be assassinated. He accuses his would-be killers of being part of a "fifth column" embedded in the framework of the state.
  • Environmental groups warn it'll be disastrous for the Amazon if Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil. Bolsonaro grew up in a rain forest, in a community that's now deeply divided about him.
  • Rupert and James Murdoch, together with Rebekah Brooks, the former head of their newspaper operation in Britain, gave evidence to a parliamentary committee in London Tuesday. They were questioned over the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World.
  • At least 100,000 people are expected to emigrate from Ireland over the next year. Tens of thousands already have gone this year. The ratio between the number leaving, and those moving in, is wider now that any time since the late 1980s.
  • Pope Benedict's visit to the United Kingdom comes in the middle of one of the most serious crises in the Vatican's history. It is dealing with a sex abuse scandal.
  • Rebekah Brooks became the latest News Corp. executive to face criminal charges amid the ongoing phone-hacking scandal in Great Britain. Police arrested the former chief executive Sunday. The scandal has also cost Britain's top policeman his job.
  • In Pakistan, a 15-year-old girl is in the hospital with a bullet wound in her head. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the shooting. Malala Yousefzai has spent several years criticizing violent Islamist militants who do not want girls to have an education.
  • Colombian musical artist Maluma performed at NPR's Tiny Desk last week and shared some big news.
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