The piercing pop-pop of pickleball paddles starts before sunrise and ends after midnight at dozens of newly built courts across Hanoi, as residents relish one of Vietnam's fastest-growing sports - or rage at the noise it makes.

It's that weird time of year between Christmas and New Year's Day when many people don't have to work and...

A new bill establishes a default ban on the use of public address systems in mosques, licensing requirements, extensive enforcement powers, and fines of tens of thousands of shekels.