William Echols

Mar 7, 2025 | voanews.com | William Echols |Lin Jian

Tajikistan, the poorest country in Central Asia and bordering Afghanistan, held parliamentary elections on March 2. The country has been under the rule of Emomali Rahmon, a former Soviet Union Communist Party official, since 1992. Rahmon’s party, the People’s Democratic Party of Tajikistan, claimed victory in the elections, securing 49 of the 63 parliamentary seats.

Mar 6, 2025 | khmer.voanews.com | William Echols

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Feb 28, 2025 | voanews.com | William Echols

No media source currently availableThe URL has been copied to your clipboardThe code has been copied to your clipboard. Australian Senator Fatima Payman told Iran's state-run Press TV that women’s democratic participation and right to work are protected in Iran. VOA’s William Echols explains how that is misleading.

Feb 20, 2025 | voanews.com | William Echols

On Feb. 18, a Chinese military helicopter flew within 3 meters of a Philippines Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources plane traveling over the contested Scarborough Shoal off the northwest Philippine coast, sparking condemnation from Washington and Manila. The incident was the latest example of China's use of force and coercion to push its neighbors to cede their maritime claims in the resource-rich South China Sea.

Feb 18, 2025 | voanews.com | William Echols

No media source currently availableThe URL has been copied to your clipboardThe code has been copied to your clipboard. At the United Nations, Russia claimed the potential of a nuclear catastrophe is squarely on Ukraine’s shoulders. VOA’s William Echols explains why this is false.