Barcelona / WAM The Consulate-General of the UAE has launched an affiliated inquiry point at Barcelona International Airport. The move aims to provide the best care for UAE citizens and to develop services provided to them during visits to the province of Catalonia. The inauguration was attended by Salem Rashid Al Owais, UAE Consul-General in Barcelona, along with a number …

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Zakat Fund has spent AED 73 million to pay the tuition fees of more than 18,000 needy students of different nationalities over the last five years as part of its Read Project for school students, or ‘Iqra’. Abdullah bin Oqeidah Al-Muheiri, Zakat Fund Secretary-General, said that Iqra is one of the first initiatives launched by …

Bloomberg Hillary Clinton took a monumental step towards clinching the Democratic party’s White House nomination, while Donald Trump’s seemingly unstoppable rush to victory hit a bump in Ohio. Trump on Tuesday won key Republican primaries in Illinois, North Carolina and Florida—where he thumped home state Senator Marco Rubio, who immediately announced he was suspending his presidential campaign. “This was an …