![Joe Biden takes office on Wednesday with a promise to overturn on 'day one' the so-called Muslim Ban - the executive order that outgoing President Donald Trump put in place restricting citizens from several Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States [Matt Slocum/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21016484113356.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
![Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on January 12, 2021 [File: Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21012571072641.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Violence erupted Saturday between Arab nomads and members of the non-Arab Masalit ethnic group in El Geneina [File: Ashraf Shazly/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8YX4FK.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![United States President Donald Trump has long boasted about his business acumen and corporate connections, but company after company cut ties with him following the violent siege at the US Capitol by his supporters [File: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-12T151430Z_186536507_RC2F6L9LRCDX_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Much of downtown Washington, DC is off-limits behind high fences or cement barricades with storefronts and offices boarded up [John Minchillo/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21017013073853.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul in October 2018 [File: Omar Shagaleh/Anadolu Agency]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/8f68dc1b184e475498f76a4e942bddd2_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![The drill came days after the US once more flew B-52 bombers over the region, the fifth time in the past two months [Iran army handout]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2_52_resize.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![The Swiss probe centres on $400m in transfers allegedly tied to Lebanon's central bank governor of 27 years, Riad Salameh, his brother Raja, and Salameh’s adviser Marianne Al-Hoayek, a judicial source told Al Jazeera [File: Jamal Saidi/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/a19a6e23318143e7a8fa9350a29fd489_18.jpeg?resize=120%2C80)
![Children play in the Umm Jurn camp for the displaced, near the village of Kafr Uruq, in Syria's northern rebel-held Idlib province [Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8YX7LP.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Footballers in the UK have been reminded to follow health and safety guidelines while celebrating goals [Catherine Ivill/Pool via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-18T210815Z_1129830036_UP1EH1I1MPRLX_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-ENGLAND-ARS-NEW-REPORT.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on January 12, 2021 [File: Andrew Harnik/Pool via AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21012571072641.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Members of the National Guard greet a dog while they spend time in Lincoln Park in Washington, DC, days ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. [Brendan McDermid/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-19T054335Z_210666822_RC2NAL9Y169Q_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-TRUMP.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Members of the National Guard greet a dog while they spend time in Lincoln Park in Washington, DC, days ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. [Brendan McDermid/Reuters]
![National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21019555939518.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]
![A street leading to the White House is blocked by police and security fencing as preparations are made for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony. [Julio Cortez/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21019531120630.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
A street leading to the White House is blocked by police and security fencing as preparations are made for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony. [Julio Cortez/AP Photo]
![National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president on Wednesday. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21019556074114.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president on Wednesday. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]
![Riot shields are stacked at the ready as National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21019556079198.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Riot shields are stacked at the ready as National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]
![Federal K-9 units prepare for a security sweep in preparation for the inauguration ceremonies on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21019556150652.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Federal K-9 units prepare for a security sweep in preparation for the inauguration ceremonies on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. [J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]
![Members of the National Guard have coffee while standing watch at a barrier on a close street ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. [Caitlin Ochs/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-19T154705Z_1594894974_RC23BL9YMOFT_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-INAUGURATION.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Members of the National Guard have coffee while standing watch at a barrier on a close street ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. [Caitlin Ochs/Reuters]
![National Guard troops are deployed throughout Washington, DC in the most heavily guarded inauguration since that of President Abraham Lincoln in 1861. [Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21019504591358.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
National Guard troops are deployed throughout Washington, DC in the most heavily guarded inauguration since that of President Abraham Lincoln in 1861. [Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo]
![A 'Field of Flags' is illuminated on the National Mall. Approximately 191,500 US flags will cover part of the National Mall to represent the American people who are unable to travel to Washington, DC for the inauguration. [Joe Raedle/Pool/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/h_56629800.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
A 'Field of Flags' is illuminated on the National Mall. Approximately 191,500 US flags will cover part of the National Mall to represent the American people who are unable to travel to Washington, DC for the inauguration. [Joe Raedle/Pool/EPA]
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How will Democrats’ control of an evenly-divided Senate work?
While Democrats will have some advantages controlling the 50-50 Senate, their majority could also be quite complicated.
![Soon-to-be Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, left, and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, right, are working on a power-sharing agreement for the new 50-50 Senate [File: J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/a8eb73cb23c043d6904b616afedebda7_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Top US Republican says Trump ‘provoked’ Capitol mob
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol were ‘fed lies’.
![Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell issued his strongest remarks to date on Trump's role in inciting the mob of supporters that attacked the Capitol on January 6 [Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21014795329896.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
US ‘terrorist’ designation of Yemen’s Houthis comes into effect
US Treasury Department releases limited exemptions to designation, but aid group says measure is ‘not a panacea’.
![Workers prepare foodstuff for beneficiaries at a food distribution centre supported by the World Food Programme in Sanaa, Yemen on June 3, 2020 [File: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-19T163519Z_824062499_RC24BL95FTES_RTRMADP_3_YEMEN-SECURITY-USA.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Opinion
Pillow talk: Brands cut ties with My Pillow CEO, a Trump loyalist
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell has repeated baseless claims that the US 2020 election was fraudulent and Donald Trump won.
![My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell said Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl's Corp, HEB Grocery Co and Wayfair Inc are dropping his products [File: Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/367373690.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Iran imposes sanctions on Trump, senior US officials
The sanctions include a travel ban and a freeze of financial assets they may hold in Iran.
![The US has been introducing new sanctions on Iran every week since the US elections last November [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/f8eae588dd5249208b4a136e389d498c_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
New COVID challenge: Mutations rise along with cases
Coronavirus becoming more genetically diverse; officials say the high rate of new cases is the main reason.
![A healthcare worker prepares the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine at the Hospital das Clinicas in Sao Paulo, Brazil [Amanda Perobelli/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-18T160625Z_1457415491_RC2GAL9S0KIE_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-BRAZIL-DORIA.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
