Beslan school hostage crisis
Some of the other notable news stories he has covered include the 2001 war in Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq by US-led forces, the 2005 London bombings, the ongoing Middle East crisis, the Beslan school hostage crisis, Russia under President Vladimir Putin's leadership, the devastating 2005 Pakistan earthquake, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, and the 2008 South Ossetia war.