Portal:Current events/2014 June 20

• Syrian civil war:
  • Twelve people including nine children are killed when a Syrian army helicopter strikes a refugees camp south of Damascus. (Middle East Eye)
• 2014 Northern Iraq offensive:
  • US sends 300 military advisers to Iraq as battle rages in Baiji over the country's biggest oil refinery. (Reuters)

• 2014 Bulgarian floods:
  • At least 11 people are killed and an unknown number missing after torrential rains cause flash flooding in northeastern Bulgaria. (ABC News) (Reuters)

• 2014 Minya court rulings:
  • A court in Egypt confirms the death sentences of over 180 Islamists, including Mohamed Badie, the top leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. (ABC News)
• Philippine Senator Bong Revilla surrenders to the Sandiganbayan after the court issued a warrant for his arrest in relation to the PDAF scam. (GMANews)

• Italy's Five Star Movement joins the eurosceptic political group Europe of Freedom and Democracy in the European Parliament, a group otherwise dominated by the United Kingdom Independence Party. (EUobserver)

• In basketball, David Blatt, who coached Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Euroleague title this past season, has reportedly reached a deal to become the new head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Blatt is the first Euroleague coach to become an NBA head coach. (ESPN)