Australia World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Australia with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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Request and live response

This request returns the current top world headlines from Australia. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=world&country=au&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=world" \
  --data-urlencode "country=au" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "world", "country": "au", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "world",
    country: "au",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "world",
    "country"  => "au",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=world&country=au&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 198398,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "04812e0b2dd3e5eb527924108d7c1964",
            "title": "US midterm results 2026 LIVE updates: First Senate flip in North Carolina as Democrats also take Georgia, New Hampshire; Republicans hold on to Florida, West Virginia; Talarico edges towards history i",
            "description": "Polls across the United States have begun to open in what some are calling America’s most important midterm election in modern history. US President Donald Trump and the Republicans are under serious threat from a Democrat ‘Blue Wave’, with key states across the North, South and Mid-West set to decide the outcome. Follow along to our live blog for the latest news updates.",
            "content": "So far, the Republican effort to shore up House seats via gerrymandering – redrawing voting district boundaries – is not paying off, and you’re starting to hear commentators talking about a backlash against “dummy-mandering”.\nToo soon to know what th... [2657 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/us-midterms-2026-live-updates-polls-begin-to-open-across-america-with-key-states-threatening-president-trump-republican-majority-blue-wave-predicted-for-democrats-in-house-and-senate-20261104-p61b0t.html?post=p5bely",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5516%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/31b05bdc8945bf5a0eb25dd7e11bd0b5970fb1ff311e011d850df7364c445d11",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T02:45:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "134df2b7977b6ba3cf5c2cbf7185cfd4",
            "title": "US midterm results 2026 LIVE updates: First Senate flip in North Carolina as Democrats also take Georgia, New Hampshire; Republicans hold on to Florida, West Virginia amid tight race in Texas; Trump,",
            "description": "Polls across the United States have begun to open in what some are calling America’s most important midterm election in modern history. US President Donald Trump and the Republicans are under serious threat from a Democrat ‘Blue Wave’, with key states across the North, South and Mid-West set to decide the outcome. Follow along to our live blog for the latest news updates.",
            "content": "Pinned post from yesterday 11.38pm\nGo to latest\nWhat you need to know\nBy\nWelcome to our live coverage of the US midterm elections, where several critical races could have major consequences for US politics and Donald Trump’s presidency.\nWith polls cl... [6120 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/us-midterms-2026-live-updates-polls-begin-to-open-across-america-with-key-states-threatening-president-trump-republican-majority-blue-wave-predicted-for-democrats-in-house-and-senate-20261104-p61b0t.html?post=p5bemi",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5516%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/31b05bdc8945bf5a0eb25dd7e11bd0b5970fb1ff311e011d850df7364c445d11",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:39:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "999cdea0392609072d82edd95e32a3ae",
            "title": "Christa Pike begs court to block return to ‘dangerous’ prison pod",
            "description": "A court filing has revealed that convicted murderer Christa Pike has a rare form of cancer.",
            "content": "A court filing has revealed that convicted murderer Christa Pike has a rare form of cancer.\nNine months before the 50-year-old’s botched execution in Tennessee took place, her lawyers made an attempt to warn that her diagnosis could result in “unnece... [3954 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/christa-pike-fights-return-to-violent-prison-unit-after-surviving-lethal-injection/news-story/b9ff67a4981ce81b7c13a5752fe2c044",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/33960719615db88491fc1b32edb0b9b1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:08:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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