INTERNATIONAL

• Banned Iranian director Rasoulof coming to Cannes

  CANNES, France (AP) — Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime there, is coming to Cannes for a screening of his latest film, publicists for the movie said Thursday.

• IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe

  PARIS (AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister.

• Massive fuel-depot fire breaks out in Brazil

  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A massive fire broke out Thursday at a fuel depot on the northern outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, sending bright orange flames leaping high into the air and thick black smoking rolling upward and enveloping the area.

• Appellate court: Berlusconi ran illegal scheme

  MILAN (AP) — A Milan appeals court has explained why it upheld Silvia Berlusconi's tax fraud conviction, saying the politician illegally purchased the rights to broadcast U.S. movies on his private TV network, then falsely declared the payments to avoid taxes.

UP TO THE MINUTE

• $2B in Okla. tornado damage means hard recovery

  MOORE, Okla. (AP) — All that is left of Shayne Patteson's three-bedroom home is the tiny area where his wife hunkered down under a mattress to protect their three children when a tornado packing winds of at least 200 mph slammed through his neighborhood.

• Hofstra suspect won praise from parole panel

  UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The parolee shot and killed along with a Hofstra University student by police won praise from a state parole panel in 2011 before his conditional release from prison.

• Threat of North Dakota dam failure may be easing

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The threat of a dam failure on a river near a northeastern North Dakota city appears to be easing, and officials expect to decide soon on when 1,300 evacuated residents can return to their homes.

• Ohio kidnap case hero gets burgers for life

  CLEVELAND (AP) — The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown.