Belgium News API

Get the live top headlines from Belgium 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 headlines from Belgium. 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=general&country=be&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=general" \
  --data-urlencode "country=be" \
  --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": "general", "country": "be", "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: "general",
    country: "be",
    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" => "general",
    "country"  => "be",
    "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=general&country=be&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": 92896,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "647692863d02589c9cc40f6e4d39607a",
            "title": "Atterrissage d’urgence d’un avion à Brussels Airport",
            "description": "L’avion a été contraint d’atterrir en urgence en raison d’un problème technique.",
            "content": "Un avion de la compagnie aérienne airBaltic a dû procéder à un atterrissage d’urgence mercredi sur le tarmac de l’aéroport de Zaventem à cause d’un « problème technique », a confirmé à Belga un porte-parole de Brussels Airport.\nL’appareil avait décol... [335 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lesoir.be/776913/article/2026-10-14/atterrissage-durgence-dun-avion-brussels-airport",
            "image": "https://leseng.rosselcdn.net/sites/default/files/dpistyles_v2/ena_16_9_extra_big/2023/05/12/node_776913/33696650/public/2023/05/12/000_338n6un.jpeg?itok=0oVZ_0qS1792014575",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:49:24Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "a8b500556f7f37ff424cff21af4d2edf",
                "name": "Le Soir",
                "url": "https://www.lesoir.be"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "860c7f10349869a225f82b83931be31a",
            "title": "Na spektakelpot zoals je die nog zelden ziet: PSG wint thriller tegen City, dat herrijzenis in anticlimax ziet eindigen",
            "description": "Geen seconde zonder spektakel. PSG voerde in de eerste helft een absolute masterclass op en leek op weg om Manchester City vanavond een ferme blamage aan te smeren. Maar na de rust veranderde plots alles: onder impuls van een bezeten Haaland draaide de thuisploeg de rollen helemaal om. Alleen: het leverde City meer spektakel dan succes op.",
            "content": "Het begon met een masterclass in Manchester.\nWant wie na een half uurtje naar het scorebord keek, moest toch even met de ogen knipperen. PSG - dat Mika Godts vandaag niet nodig eek te hebben - had de Engelse landskampioen in 45 minuten helemaal op ee... [1629 chars]",
            "url": "https://sporza.be/nl/matches/voetbal/eur/uefa-champions-league/2026-2027/leaguefase/02/manchester-city-paris-saint-germain-na-spektakelpot-zoals-je-die-nog-zelden-ziet-psg-wint-thriller-tegen-city-dat-herrijzenis-in-anticlimax-ziet-eindigen~1781706782696/",
            "image": "https://images.sporza.be/width1280/2026/10/14/bb618d1d-0521-499f-b0b6-2c4398624c4e.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:54:51Z",
            "lang": "nl",
            "source": {
                "id": "bc4d9a8c053c31383258509115b0ff2e",
                "name": "Sporza",
                "url": "https://sporza.be"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b5d9f0a98bbb855745d00d9b4cd812eb",
            "title": "Trois frères interpellés après le meurtre du policier Nordine El Talbi",
            "description": "Plusieurs arrestations ont eu lieu dans la foulée et des stupéfiants ont été retrouvés dans un véhicule.",
            "content": "Registre de condoléances, multiplication de publications et de témoignages de personnes ayant connu la victime… L’émoi était encore vif, ce mercredi, au lendemain de l’annonce du décès en service de Nordine El Talbi, policier de la Brigade anti-agres... [1275 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lesoir.be/776908/article/2026-10-14/trois-freres-interpelles-apres-le-meurtre-du-policier-nordine-el-talbi",
            "image": "https://leseng.rosselcdn.net/sites/default/files/dpistyles_v2/ena_16_9_extra_big/2026/10/14/node_776908/33811220/public/2026/10/14/107812517.jpeg?itok=_-aoVRml1792011194",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:53:02Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "a8b500556f7f37ff424cff21af4d2edf",
                "name": "Le Soir",
                "url": "https://www.lesoir.be"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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