12/2/1402  News in 100 seconds

1. News, Saudi Arabia is seeking direct flights between its shia-majority city of Dammam and Iran’s Mashhad to improve relations between the two countries.  Maghsud As’adi, who leads Association of Iranian Airlines, said on Monday that launching flights to Iran’s second largest city of Mashhad, located in northeast of the country and home to a major shia shrine, is a priority for Saudi Arabia. As’adi said the flight route could serve Saudi Arabia’s shia community which is based in the eastern city of Dammam. 
2. Iran and India have reaffirmed their resolve to fight terrorism in order to establish peace, stability and security in the region.
3. A dust storm triggered a series of chain-reaction crashes on Illinois highway, killing six people and injuring dozen others.
4. Almost a third of the nurses in the United States are considering leaving their profession after the COVID-19 pandemic left them overwhelmed and fatigued.
5. Thousands of hospitality firms across the UK have been forced to shut down their businesses amid the pressure of energy costs.
6. Police in Paris fired tear gas and water cannons as thousands gathered for nationwide May Day protests against Macron’s pensions reform.
7. While Europe has imposed embargo on Russia's oil, Europe’s cars are still empowered by Russian oil with the help of India.
8. A woman was stabbed to death in broad daylight in Brixton, south London on Monday, the Metropolitan police has said.
9. Parents are facing a “cost of eating crisis” with the price of school lunches rocketing by more than a third in some areas of England.
10. Palestinian Khader Adnan has died in an Israeli prison after an 87-day hunger strike, Israeli prison authorities announced.
11. The US Secret Service has blocked a Muslim mayor from attending a White House celebration with President Biden to belatedly mark the end of Ramadan.
12. Saudi Arabia is  pursuing dialogue with Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement following its recent efforts to mend fences with Iran and Syria.