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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.

My Articles

Uncertainty in Israel After Vote Puts Netanyahu and Rival Neck-and-Neck
September 18, 2019, 4:29 AM EDT
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who is seeking a fifth term, is joined by his wife Sara and others singing Israel’s national anthem at Likud campaign headquarters in the early hours of Wednesday. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
Pence Echoes Trump’s ‘Locked and Loaded’ Comment, Says US Will Act to Defend Gulf Allies and Interests
September 17, 2019, 10:10 PM EDT
Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
IRGC Claims It Was Ready to Fire Missiles at US Targets During the Drone Shootdown in June
September 17, 2019, 4:31 AM EDT
A F-35A Lightning II at Al Dhafra Air Base, UAE in Apri 2019. (Photo: U.S. Air Force/ Staff Sgt. Chris Thornbury)
UN Human Rights Council Scolds Hong Kong Activist After She Slams China
September 17, 2019, 4:22 AM EDT
Hong Kong legislator and activist Tanya Chan addresses the U.N. Human Rights Council on Monday. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images) (Adds comment from HRC vice president)
Trump: It Looks Like Iran Was Behind Saudi Attack; Investigations Continue; ‘I Don’t Want War’
September 16, 2019, 7:50 PM EDT
President Trump speaks in the Oval Office alongside Bahrain’s crown prince. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
Democrats Invite Teen Activists to Testify on ‘Climate Crisis’: ‘They Know The Science …’
September 16, 2019, 4:30 AM EDT
Greta Thunberg, center, takes part in a protest outside U.N. headquarters in New York on September 6. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images)
Trump: US ‘Locked and Loaded’ After Attacks on Saudi Oil Supply – Which US Blames on Iran
September 15, 2019, 9:28 PM EDT
President Trump and (then deputy) Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2017. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
Maduro Regime: Countries Supporting US Sanctions Shouldn’t Sit on UN Human Rights Council
September 13, 2019, 5:30 AM EDT
Jorge Arreaza, foreign minister of the Maduro regime in Venezuela, waves a copy of the U.N. Charter as he addresses the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Thursday. (Photo by Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)
Biden: Afghanistan is ‘Three Different Countries,’ ‘Cannot be Put Together’
September 13, 2019, 1:55 AM EDT
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden during Thursday’s debate in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)
U.S. and Its Allies Invoke Regional Mutual Defense Pact in Support of Venezuela
September 12, 2019, 4:25 AM EDT
Juan Guaido, recognized by the U.S. and more than 50 other countries as Venezuela's interim president, is seen in front of a screened image of the leader the U.S. no longer views as legitimate, Nicholas Maduro. (Photo by Matias Delacroix/AFP/Getty Images)
Trump: Bolton ‘Set Back’ North Korea Diplomacy by Bringing Up Libya
September 12, 2019, 4:19 AM EDT
John Bolton arrives for a signing ceremony between President Trump and Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
Taliban Marks 9/11 Anniversary With Defiance, Rocket Attacks
September 11, 2019, 4:29 AM EDT
Taliban fighters in Jalalabad during an Eid ceasefire in June 2018. (Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images)
With Bolton Out, Russian Lawmakers See Greater Chance for New START Extension
September 11, 2019, 4:22 AM EDT
U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in June 2018. (Photo: The Kremlin)
Iranian Regime Celebrates John Bolton’s Exit
September 10, 2019, 8:25 PM EDT
(Photo by Oliver Contreras-Pool/Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – The Iranian regime on Tuesday welcomed news of National Security Advisor John Bolton’s departure, saying the White House would now be in a position to better understand “the realities in Iran.”
Trump: Camp David Has Hosted Some ‘Pretty Bad People’ Before
September 10, 2019, 4:37 AM EDT
President Clinton hosts PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at Camp David in July 2000. (Photo by Cynthia Johnson/Liaison via Getty Images)
Trump: ‘Under the Normal Rules, I’ll Be Out in 2024. So We May Have to Go For an Extra Term, OK?’
September 10, 2019, 4:23 AM EDT
President Trump and FIFA president Gianni Infantino on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
Protesters Wave American Flags, Sing U.S. National Anthem in Push for Help to ‘Liberate Hong Kong’
September 9, 2019, 4:22 AM EDT
Protesters wave U.S. national flags as they march to the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong on Sunday. (Photo by Vivek Prakash/AFP/Getty Images)
Pompeo Warns That Conditions For the Taliban Are ‘About to Get Worse’
September 8, 2019, 8:28 PM EDT
Members of the Taliban delegation in Doha, Qatar, in July. (Photo by Karim Jaafar/ AFP/Getty Images)
Russian Opposition Leader Calls For Strategic Voting on Sunday to Defeat Pro-Putin Party
September 6, 2019, 3:35 PM EDT
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny addresses demonstrators in Moscow in July, shortly before he was arrested and jailed for 30 days. (Photo by Maxim Zmeyev/AFP/Getty Images)
Refugee Admissions Up 40.9% So Far in FY 2019; 79.4% Christians
September 6, 2019, 4:35 AM EDT
Tents set up by the U.N. refugee agency near the city of Kilkis in northern Greece, on September 3, 2019.(Photo by SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP/Getty Images)