David Cameron’s political career arguably came to an end this week because of the U.K.’s longest-running policy debate. Not over leaving Europe, but over education. When he resigned as prime minister after the Brexit referendum in June, Cameron pledged to keep his parliamentary seat until 2020. On Monday, he decided he’d had enough and many concluded that the timing ...

  After a late-summer surge, the Obama administration has met its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016. The Republican House Freedom Caucus considers that 10,000 too many, preferring to stop resettling Syrians until the administration can “assure no terrorists or individuals with radical sympathies or views will be admitted.” Such fears are largely misplaced. Few, if any, classes ...

  The real estate investors are capitalizing on the rapid growth of the education sector in the MENA region. Earlier, their investments remained limited to the conventional sectors like retail, hotels, offices and residences. But now they are pumping massive capital into building schools and student accommodation. What’s driving them to this sector is its relatively low volatility amid the ...