Qatar has omitted news stories The New York Times International Edition ran on LGBT issues.

Whole pieces posted between April and July were pixelated in the newspaper, ABC News reported Friday.

A note said the approximately nine articles were “removed without excuses” —  eight of which discussed the LGBT community.

The Times didn’t remove the articles.

"While we understand that our publishing partners are sometimes faced with local pressures, we deeply regret and object to any censorship of our journalism and are in regular discussions with our distributors about this practice,” a Times spokesperson told ABC News.

ABC News noted that the Gulf nation is hosting the 2022 World Cup, an event that will attract millions of visitors. Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar.

Minky Worden, director of the global initiative for Human Rights Watch, told ABC the censorship could mean Qatar violated its hosting agreement with FIFA, the international governing body of soccer.

FIFA guidelines for hosting the international tournament specifically states a zero tolerance for discrimination based on sexual orientation.