Scholars slam UN removal of Saudi Arabia from child killers' list

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

• Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei once again dismisses talks and coordination with the US over the conflict in Syria.
• The death toll from Baghdad bombings claimed by Daesh terrorists rises to more than eighty.
• Bahrainis continue to hold anti-regime gatherings outside the residence of top Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim, who was recently stripped of his citizenship by Manama.
• Scores of professors from top universities in Europe and North America express concern over the UN's removal of Saudi Arabia from the list of child killers in Yemen.
• Israel continues to lay a siege to the Palestinian city of al-Khalil, the most populous city in the occupied West Bank.