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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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Bernie Sanders: Netanyahu Should Decline U.S. Aid If He Bars Tlaib and Omar
August 16, 2019, 4:30 AM EDT
President Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to the White House in March. (Photo by Michael Reynolds - Pool/Getty Images)
As Gibraltar Releases Iranian Tanker, US Warns it Will Revoke Visas of Those Aiding IRGC
August 15, 2019, 10:03 PM EDT
The Iranian supertanker Grace 1 off the coast of Gibraltar on August 15. (Photo by Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images) (Updated)
US Envoy: Russia, China Promote Peace in Space While Developing Weapons That Make It More Dangerous
August 15, 2019, 4:34 AM EDT
The new Russian laser weapon Peresvet. (Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense)
Recalling Tiananmen Square, Bolton Warns China Against ‘Missteps’ in Hong Kong
August 15, 2019, 4:26 AM EDT
Hong Kong police charge protestors in the city's Sham Shui Po district on Wednesday. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
Trump: Few US Tankers Use Strait of Hormuz Now ‘Because We Have Our Own Oil and Gas’
August 14, 2019, 4:43 AM EDT
The tanker Stena Important and another commercial vessel is accompanied in the Gulf by the Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose in July. (Photo: U.K. Ministry of Defence)
Amid Anti-Government Protests, Russia Blames US Embassy and ‘Foreign Interference’
August 14, 2019, 4:33 AM EDT
Tens of thousands of protesters took part in the rally in central Moscow on August 10. (Photo by Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images)
Trump Links Explosion in Russian Arctic to Putin’s New, Hyped Nuclear Cruise Missile
August 13, 2019, 4:38 AM EDT
A staffer at a nuclear museum in the closed city of Sarov with the first Soviet nuclear bomb. Behind that, the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb is visible. (Photo by Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images)
Chinese Anti-Terror Police Seen Assembling Near Hong Kong
August 13, 2019, 4:26 AM EDT
People’s Armed Police personnel train in southern China’s Guizhou province. (Photo: PLA)
China Boosts Turkey’s Foreign Reserves; Erdogan Drops Criticism of Beijing’s Treatment of Uighurs
August 12, 2019, 4:33 AM EDT
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit to Beijing in July. (Photo: Presidency of Turkey)
Bloody Clashes in Hong Kong, As China Accuses U.S. of Stoking Protests
August 12, 2019, 4:22 AM EDT
A still from a video clip captured by Hong Kong Free Press on Sunday. (Screen capture: YouTube)
Trump Scolds France’s Macron for Giving Iran ‘Mixed Signals’ Over Talks with US
August 9, 2019, 4:32 AM EDT
French President Emmanuel Macron meets with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani at the U.N. in New York last September. (Photo by Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images)
McConnell in ‘Major War’ With Twitter; GOP Committees, Campaigns, Super PACs Suspend Advertising
August 8, 2019, 11:46 PM EDT
Taliban Terror Continues, Despite ‘Peace Talks’ and Reports of ‘Excellent Progress’
August 8, 2019, 4:37 AM EDT
A photo posted by the Taliban’s news agency purportedly shows the explosion in Wednesday’s suicide car bombing in Kabul. (Photo: Al Emarah)
UN Rights Experts: Bigoted Statements Make Politicians ‘Complicit in the Violence That Follows’
August 8, 2019, 4:24 AM EDT
On President Trump’s orders, the American flag flies at half staff in memory of those killed in the Texas and Ohio shootings. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Beijing Sees ‘Black Hand’ of Pence, Pompeo, and Pelosi Behind Hong Kong Protests
August 7, 2019, 5:23 AM EDT
Protesters in Hong Kong throw back tear gas fired by the police on Monday. (Photo by Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images)
Pakistan, Accused for Decades of Sponsoring Anti-India Terror, Vows to Fight Kashmir Move
August 7, 2019, 4:15 AM EDT
Pakistani Muslims demonstrate in Islamabad against the Indian decision in Kashmir. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images)
Britain to Join US in Securing Strait of Hormuz; Germany and France Won't Help
August 6, 2019, 4:31 AM EDT
The Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose is in the Gulf region. (Photo: U.K. MoD)
For First Time in 25 Years, Treasury Cites China for ‘Currency Manipulation’
August 6, 2019, 4:18 AM EDT
An employee counts Chinese banknotes at a bank in China’s Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)
Mexico May Try to Extradite El Paso Shooter
August 5, 2019, 5:16 AM EDT
People hold up their phones during a prayer vigil organized by the city, after a shooting left 20 people dead at the Cielo Vista Mall Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas, on August 4, 2019. (Photo by Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
US Eyes New Ground-Launched Missiles in Asia; China Warns Countries Not to Host Them
August 5, 2019, 5:08 AM EDT
Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks to reporters over the Pacific Ocean on Friday. (Photo: DoD/Amber I. Smith)