Australia World News API

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

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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);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($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": 177312,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3644e975c05362ca34a2ada33d0c4ac6",
            "title": "eSafety asks big tech ‘not to show’ US execution",
            "description": "The online safety watchdog has written to tech companies asking them “not to show” the public execution of wheelchair-bound death row inmate Nidal Hasan in the US, Communications Minister Anika Wells says.",
            "content": "Authorities are scrambling to restrict the former army officer’s death by firing squad being broadcast in Australia, with eSafety admitting earlier this week it lacks powers to “proactively prevent” it.\nNoting reports that US President Donald Trump m... [1910 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/esafety-asks-big-tech-not-to-show-us-execution/news-story/3427f2bcbe5cf5865a3379110899b1a5",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/f1e5ef05f47a14d05a3c336873ebe905",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:03:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d14f9d8d73d0db93711fb8d6e7edbf36",
            "title": "Global conservation area coverage substantially exceeds current estimates",
            "description": "Conservation areas are critical for tackling the global environmental crisis1. These sites are reported as covering 18.5% of the terrestrial realm2 and governments have committed through Global Biodiversity Framework Target 3 to increase this to at least 30% by 2030 (ref. 3). There are concerns that this potential near-doubling of conservation area coverage will negatively affect vulnerable people and over-stretch conservation resources4. However, nationally available datasets indicate that more conservation areas exist than are reflected in global figures5–7. We evaluated progress towards the area component of Target 3 using a globally representative sample across 25 countries and territories that incorporated these national datasets8. Extrapolating from this sample, we show that conservation areas likely already cover 26.81% of the terrestrial realm. We may be much closer to achieving 30% terrestrial coverage than previously thought. However, we also show that the extra land does not substantially address gaps in ecological representativeness, indicating that solely meeting the area component of Target 3 will do little to solve continuing global biodiversity loss. More focus and resources are needed to achieve the other components of the target, using a more strategic and inclusive approach to fill present gaps and produce equitable and effective conservation area networks. A globally representative sample of 25 countries and territories indicates that conservation areas cover 26.81% of the land, much closer to the 30% by 2030 target than officially reported.",
            "content": "Selection of sample area\nOur analysis built upon a previous study8 that identified 10% of the terrestrial realm for use in measuring conservation area coverage and ecological representativeness, while minimizing the number of countries selected to re... [20542 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-11157-4?error=cookies_not_supported&code=860c92d4-927b-494b-bedb-17a9e7fdf127",
            "image": "https://media.springernature.com/m685/springer-static/image/art%3A10.1038%2Fs41586-026-11157-4/MediaObjects/41586_2026_11157_Fig1_HTML.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:41:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7abf0df285fbe93cdccffcc7c4088737",
                "name": "Nature",
                "url": "https://www.nature.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "976d9b42d6db7c6355836cf1e2593523",
            "title": "Abu Dhabi royal Mahrah Al Nahyan found on slumped on London street",
            "description": "A member of the Abu Dhabi’s ruling royal family was found passed out on a London street after a reported cocaine binge.",
            "content": "Mahrah Al Nahyan, 32, was discovered unconscious by passersby on June 13, slumped against railings next to an unconscious man and a three-year-old child, who was barefoot and playing nearby on the busy road.\nAccording to UK masthead The Telegraph, Al... [1723 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/member-of-abu-dhabis-ruling-royal-family-seen-slumped-on-london-street/news-story/bc57a6dd5d09d9368ee73b8ea47d50b2",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/6498545898ecfcd58f9e76c88282f504",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:55:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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