U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio rescinded the visas of Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly.

The U.S. State Department announced on Friday that Secretary of State Marco Rubio is "denying and revoking visas" from members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and…

The US, as a host of the UN, is not supposed to refuse visas for officials heading to the world body.