Portal:Current events/2015 June 23

• Syrian Civil War, Military intervention against ISIL
  • The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the military base Brigade 93 and enter the town of Ayn Issa, the first defense line of ISIL north of its de facto capital al-Raqqah.
  • ISIL claims it has started the destruction of the ancient complex of Palmyra. (euronews)

• South Korean author Shin Kyung-sook admits to plagiarising a short story from Japanese author Yukio Mishima. (AP)
• Australian author Sofie Laguna wins the Miles Franklin Award for her novel The Eye of the Sheep. (ABC News Australia)

• The deputy speaker of the Greek parliament, Alexis Mitropoulos, warns that the body may reject concessions the government had made to the country's creditors. (Reuters)

• 2015 Pakistani heat wave
  • The death toll from the 2015 Pakistan heatwave rises to 450. (AFP via Yahoo News)

• South Sudan declares a cholera outbreak after 18 people die and 171 are infected. (Al-Jazeera), (REUTERS)

• Hungary unilaterally suspends European Union asylum seeker rules that require it to take back people who first enter Hungary, then travel to other nations. (Reuters)

• Charleston church shooting
  • Amazon.com announces that it is removing Confederate Flag merchandise from sale following the shootings. (Time)

• The suspension appeal hearings for Tom Brady's 4-game suspension over Deflategate begin today. (New York Times)