AP News Summary at 10:47 p.m. EDT

Trump calls off latest threats to strike Iran, cites breakthrough in talks to end the war DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has called off new military strikes on Iran, hours after threatening to escalate the war. Trump said at the Oval Office on Thursday that a deal to end the war is close, without giving details. Trump hours earlier had threatened major strikes on Iran and to seize control of its oil and gas industries as escalating attacks between the countr