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Patrick covered government and politics in South Africa and the Middle East before joining CNSNews.com in 1999. Since then he has launched foreign bureaus for CNSNews.com in Jerusalem, London and the Pacific Rim. From October 2006 to July 2007, Patrick served as Managing Editor at the organization's world headquarters in Alexandria, Va. Now back in the Pacific Rim, as International Editor he reports on politics, international relations, security, terrorism, ethics and religion, and oversees reporting by CNSNews.com's roster of international stringers.

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UN Human Rights Council Silent on Sri Lanka Bombings That Targeted Christians
April 24, 2019, 4:21 AM EDT
The Human Rights Council chamber in Geneva stands empty. (UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre, File)
RJC: Sen. Sanders Is Appealing to ‘Energized’ Left Wing by Calling Israeli Gov’t ‘Racist’
April 23, 2019, 8:29 PM EDT
Sen. Bernie Sanders. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
US Envoy Doubts Iran’s Last Oil Customers Will Want to Run Afoul of U.S. Sanctions
April 23, 2019, 4:21 AM EDT
An oil tanker offloads its cargo in Kochi, India. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images)
Update: Islamic Terrorists Claim Responsibility for Sri Lanka Easter Bombings
April 22, 2019, 8:29 PM EDT
St. Sebastian’s Church in Negombo, north of Colombo, after Sunday's suicide bombing. (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images)
Linda Sarsour Urges Muslims to Support Rep. Ilhan Omar, ‘The Best Our Community Has to Offer’
April 22, 2019, 4:26 AM EDT
Linda Sarsour with Rep. Ilhan Omar. (Photo: Sarsour/Facebook)
Sri Lanka Easter Bombings Aimed at Christians: Terrorists Described as Religious Extremists
April 21, 2019, 9:27 PM EDT
Sri Lankan security forces guard St. Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo after Sunday’s blast. (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images) (Updated)
Update: After North Korean Criticism, Pompeo Says, ‘I’m Still in Charge of the Team’
April 19, 2019, 4:34 AM EDT
Mike Pompeo, then CIA director, meets Kim Jong Un for the first time in Pyongyang over the Easter weekend last year. (Photo by The White House via Getty Images)
Mueller Report: Trump Transition Team Tried to Thwart Anti-Israel UN Resolution
April 19, 2019, 4:24 AM EDT
Then-United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks at a UN Security Council meeting on March 3, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Citing Mueller Report, Ocasio-Cortez Says She’ll Now Support Tlaib’s Impeachment Resolution
April 18, 2019, 10:08 PM EDT
Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. (Photo: Twitter)
US Manual, Maps Updated: ‘Israel’ Is Now Place of Birth For Citizens Born in Golan
April 18, 2019, 4:45 AM EDT
(Photo by Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – A State Department manual was amended Wednesday to confirm that U.S. citizens born in the Golan Heights will now have “Israel” given as place of birth on their passports.
Top IRGC Officials Lose Instagram Accounts After Terror Designation
April 18, 2019, 4:36 AM EDT
In a photo posted on his now-removed Instagram account last month, IRGC-Qods Force head Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani is embraced by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during an award ceremony. (Photo: Soleimani/Instagram) (Adds comment from Instagram spokesperson)
Jihadists Celebrate Devastating Notre Dame Cathedral Fire
April 17, 2019, 5:04 AM EDT
Notre Dame cathedral burns. (Philippe Wang/Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – Jihadists and sympathizers took to social media to celebrate the fire that gutted parts of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, with some viewing it as a good omen for Muslims and some as punishment for the enemies of Muslims.
Democrat and Republican Jewish Groups Chide Ocasio-Cortez for Remarks on US Aid to Israel
April 17, 2019, 4:46 AM EDT
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. (Screen capture)
Democrat and Republican Jewish Groups Chide Ocasio-Cortez for Remarks on US Aid to Israel
April 17, 2019, 4:30 AM EDT
(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has peeved both Republican and Democrat Jewish organizations by agreeing that Congress should consider the question of reducing U.S. aid to Israel in response to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s policies towards the Palestinians.
Sanders on Ilhan Omar: ‘It Is Not Anti-Semitic to Be Critical of a Right-Wing Government in Israel’
April 16, 2019, 4:46 AM EDT
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Update: After Sanders Urges Trump to Sign Resolution on Yemen War, He Vetoes It
April 16, 2019, 4:35 AM EDT
Sen. Bernie Sanders. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
Sanders: Abortion Up Until Birth Is ‘Rare,’ Just a ‘Political Issue’
April 16, 2019, 4:25 AM EDT
Sen. Bernie Sanders. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)
Macron: ‘We Will Rebuild Notre Dame Together’
April 15, 2019, 7:21 PM EDT
(Pierre Suu/Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – French President Emmanuel Macron vowed late Monday that Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral would be rebuilt, after a fire devastated part of the iconic building but failed, according to the city’s fire chief, to destroy it completely.
Pompeo on Latin America’s Shift Away From the Left: ‘It’s Glorious’
April 15, 2019, 4:47 AM EDT
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives at the presidential palace in Santiago to meet with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera on April 12, 2019. (Sebastián Vivallo Oñate/Agencia Makro/Getty Images)
Israel Hopes for Same Treatment, After Int’l Court Backs Down on US Afghanistan Probe
April 15, 2019, 4:35 AM EDT
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addresses his cabinet on Sunday. (Photo GPO)