The 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement has become a cliche: its importance magnified out of all proportion to its effect on events in the Middle East One hundred years ago on May 16 Britain and France signed ...

Georgia’s National Food Agency has announced that the identified batches of imported Picot baby formula have been almost ...

Cereulide was also at the heart of Nestlé’s global recall – both cases have been linked to an ingredient supplied from an ...

Lactalis has recalled six batches of Picot infant milk after tests detected a potentially harmful bacterial substance, with products pulled from shelves in 18 countries. French authorities had been ...

In the eve of the first World War, the world powers negotiated the future of Ottoman Empire. The allies especially Britain, France and Russia has negotiated the partitioning of the Empire. Mark Sykes ...

May 19 marks the 100-year anniversary of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, signed by diplomats Sir Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot to help Britain and France divide the lands of the disintegrating ...

The Sykes-Picot map was drawn with a line from Persia to the River Jordan The signing of the Sykes-Picot agreement 100 years ago is marked with regret and bitterness by Arab columnists and social ...

The 1916 map, with the signatures of Mark Sykes and Francois Georges-Picot Reaching its centenary amidst a general chorus of vilification around the region, the legacy of the secret Sykes-Picot ...

One hundred years ago on May 16 Britain and France signed a secret deal to carve up the carcass of the moribund Ottoman Empire that has since become a byword in the Middle East for imperialist ...