• Diwali, the annual festival of light for Hindus, Sikhs and Jains, has been marked by a fierce debate over the Indian Supreme Court’s fireworks ban for air quality. Outraged critics compare it to banning Christmas trees. [BBC]

• “I knew enough to do more than I did”: The Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino said was ashamed that he’d known for decades about Harvey Weinstein’s alleged misconduct toward women but continued to work with him. [The New York Times]

• Pakistan’s ousted prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, was indicted on corruption charges stemming from revelations in the Panama Papers related to luxury property holdings in London. [The New York Times]

• President Rodrigo Duterte said that Mahmud Ahmad, a high-level Islamic State operative who funneled money and fighters to the Philippines, was “taken” during a gunfight. [The New York Times]

• Typhoon Lan is gathering force east of the Philippines and could threaten Okinawa this weekend and more of Japan early next week. [The Weather Channel]

• An entire Afghan Army unit was nearly wiped out in a Taliban attack that used an increasingly common tactic: ramming bomb-packed, captured vehicles into security compounds. [The New York Times]

• The Malaysian government picked a U.S. company that offered no-find, no-fee terms to start a new search for MH370. [ABC]