The 10 most important things in the world right now

Good morning! Here's what you need to know on Monday.

1. Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) party regained its parliamentary majority in Sunday's vote.

2. A Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on Saturday broke up in mid-air, but officials say it's too early to draw conclusions from this.

3. A group affiliated with the Islamic State in Egypt has taken responsibility for the Russian plane crash, but investigators have said it is unlikely that the group has the training or weapons necessary to take down a plane flying at that altitude.

4. Former US senator, actor, and 2008 presidential candidate Fred Thompson has died at age 73.

5. At least 29 people have died and around 90 others are still in critical condition following a fire inside a nightclub in Bucharest, Romania, on Saturday.

6. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met South Korean President Park Geun-Hy in the first summit between the two countries in nearly four years as part of an effort to resolve disputes that date back to World War II, including the issue of Korean "comfort women" forcibly recruited to work in Japanese wartime military brothels.

7. Japanese manufacturing activity in October expanded at the fastest pace in a year as new domestic and export orders grew.

8. Search teams believe they have found the wreckage of the cargo ship El Faro, which went missing with 33 crewmembers on October 1 during Hurricane Joaquin as it was sailing from Florida to Puerto Rico.

9. Australia has removed knights and dames from the national honours system, calling them inappropriate in the modern age.

10. The Kansas City Royals won the World Series against the New York Mets, their first title since 1985.

And finally ...

Two Kenyans won the New York City Marathon on Sunday. Stanley Biwott finished in 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 34 seconds, and Mary Keitany finished in 2 hours, 24 minutes, and 25 seconds.