Iran to sue US for assets seizure at The Hague: Rouhani

These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

• Iran’s President Rouhani says Tehran will take legal action at international courts over the confiscation of its frozen assets by the US.
• At least 15 Afghan security forces are killed as Taliban militants overrun two checkpoints in the southern Helmand province.
• China scrambles fighter jets as a U-S navy ship sails close to a disputed island in the South China Sea.
• Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is to address parliament to answer questions on the Panama Papers leak that linked his family to offshore wealth.
• France's government decides to sidestep parliament to force through controversial labor reforms.

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