--- title: "UN chief expresses regret over US visa refusal for Abbas at annual meeting" description: "Most outlets reported that the UN Secretary-General's office expressed \"deep regret\" over the US visa denial for Mahmoud Abbas, preventing his attendance at the annual meeting. The framing was largely consistent, with 24 News HD providing a slightly more detailed excerpt that included the UN spokesman’s statement and the context of it being the second consecutive year." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/9297-un-chief-deeply-regrets-us-visa-refusal-to-abbas-for-annual site: HarZaviya language: en --- # UN chief expresses regret over US visa refusal for Abbas at annual meeting world · updated 19 Sep 2026, 1:09 AM PKT · 19 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that the UN Secretary-General's office expressed "deep regret" over the US visa denial for Mahmoud Abbas, preventing his attendance at the annual meeting. The framing was largely consistent, with 24 News HD providing a slightly more detailed excerpt that included the UN spokesman’s statement and the context of it being the second consecutive year. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **24 News HD** — [UN chief 'deeply regrets' US visa refusal to Abbas for annual meeting](https://www.24newshd.tv/19-Sep-2026/un-chief-deeply-regrets-us-visa-refusal-abbas-annual-meeting) · 19 Sep 2026, 1:09 AM PKT > UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "deeply regrets" Washington's decision to deny a visa for the second year running to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, a UN spokesman said Friday, preventing him for attending the UN General Assembly. - **Arab News Pakistan** — [UN chief ‘deeply regrets’ US visa refusal to Abbas for annual meeting](https://www.arabnews.pk/middle-east/un-chief-deeply-regrets-us-visa-refusal-to-abbas-for-annual-meeting-3001660) · 19 Sep 2026, 12:06 AM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [US denies Palestinian President visa to attend UN General Assembly](https://harzaviya.com/stories/8931-us-again-denies-palestinian-leader-abbas-visa-to-attend-un) · 18 Sep 2026 · 7 outlets · 2 developments · 81% related - [EU urges US to reconsider visa denial to Palestinian delegation for UN meeting](https://harzaviya.com/stories/9425-eu-urges-us-to-reconsider-visa-denial-to-palestinian) · 19 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 77% related - [UN allows Palestinian president to speak via video after US denies visa](https://harzaviya.com/stories/9141-un-allows-palestinian-president-to-again-speak-via-video) · 20 Sep 2026 · 4 outlets · 2 developments · 72% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 19 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.