International Edition delivers insight into world news through eye-witnesses, correspondent reports and analysis from experts and news makers. We also keep you in touch with social media, science and entertainment trends.

Iranians take to the streets, upset with the government. Insight into previous Iranian protests. A look back to 2017 & a look ahead to 2018. Remembering the many who died in 2017. Musical tribute to New Year's.

A deadly fire in New York's Bronx started because a child played with a stove, at least 10 people are killed in a militant attack on a Coptic church near Cairo and we'll listen to one of the year's biggest Latin music hits.

Islamic State claims responsibility for a deadly blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, the Russia probe plagues President Donald Trump's first year in office and singer Ed Sheeran enjoys a huge hit as 2017 comes to a close.

Islamic State claims deadly attack in Afghanistan. Children in conflict zones suffer from shocking levels of violence. Issues facing rural America. The sounds of Kenny G.

Taliban suicide bombers attack an Afghan army base, North Africa braces for more violence in 2018 and bell ringers collect money for the needy.

International Edition delivers insight into world news through eye-witnesses, correspondent reports and analysis from experts and news makers. We also keep you in touch with social media, science and entertainment trends.

A Kremlin spokesman suggested Tuesday that a call by Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny to boycott next year's presidential election may be illegal. VOA's Russian Service’s Andrei Dzairkach join’s International Edition’s Steve Miller to discuss. Authorities in Xinjiang, China launched what they call a new "relatives' week" program this month, which requires local civil servants to spend a week with Uighur families in rural areas by the year's end. VOA's Doug Bernard explains that while the program is officially trumpeted as a way to promote ethnic harmony, the move is widely seen by observers as stepped-up surveillance of the Muslim minority that may instead fuel, rather than ease, inter-racial tensions.

Russia's government may be trying to stop the opposition leader's efforts to challenge Vladimir Putin in an upcoming election. What the U.S. plans for strategy in the new year regarding North Korea. How U.S. immigration policies have changed under the Trump administration. Reviews

on several films that could be potential Oscar contenders.

Pakistan allowed the wife and mother of convicted Indian spy, Kulbhushan Jadhav, to meet with him Monday. North Korea described the latest U.N. sanctions against it as an act of war on Sunday (24 December) , saying it was tantamount to a complete economic blockade. Plus, Guatemala's president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem becoming the first nation to follow the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump in ordering the change.