Malaysia Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Malaysia 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 nation headlines from Malaysia. 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=nation&country=my&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --data-urlencode "country=my" \
  --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": "nation", "country": "my", "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: "nation",
    country: "my",
    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" => "nation",
    "country"  => "my",
    "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=nation&country=my&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": 55458,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "fc960fbf00ab7bc3233e02f3d7d90aea",
            "title": "Nine crocodiles caught in two days",
            "description": "KUCHING: Licensed hunters in Marudi have bagged nine crocodiles in two days.",
            "content": "KUCHING: Licensed hunters in Marudi have bagged nine crocodiles in two days.\nThe jaw-dropping catch in the town, about 69km from Miri in northern Sarawak, included two male crocodiles measuring over five metres long.\nThe group, which calls itself Tea... [945 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2026/10/15/nine-crocodiles-caught-in-two-days",
            "image": "https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2026/10/15/4162364.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:39:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9e101ab52b61103bab415ad7fb0e5659",
                "name": "The Star",
                "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "91b3c79ef50c297152f3adf590654499",
            "title": "PAS accelerating Putrajaya ambitions with Umno alliance, says analyst",
            "description": "Azmi Hassan says the cooperation offers the Islamic party a shot at the premiership after GE16 but Mazlan Ali says it also comes with a risk.",
            "content": "Akademi Nusantara’s Azmi Hassan said PAS recognises that, on its own, it would struggle to build the nationwide influence and support needed to form the federal government, even in the long term.\nHe said Umno enjoys broader appeal across Malaysia, wh... [3017 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/15/pas-accelerating-putrajaya-ambitions-with-umno-alliance-says-analyst",
            "image": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=75,format=auto,fit=cover,dpr=1,width=1200,height=630,gravity=center/https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/f723cc58-pas-umno-ummah-muafakat-nasional-160324.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "36fca29da23c4fb21f6b9e6062eb3d22",
                "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
                "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e98f7fe6c89f553696d580bf500ab8f4",
            "title": "Expats find home in JB",
            "description": "IT was the warmth and kindness of Malaysians that convinced China national Zheng Chun Lian that Johor was more than just a place to earn a living, but a location to build a future and call home.",
            "content": "Friendly folk, lower expenses create ideal lifestyle conditions\nIT was the warmth and kindness of Malaysians that convinced China national Zheng Chun Lian that Johor was more than just a place to earn a living, but a location to build a future and ca... [7433 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2026/10/15/expats-find-home-in-jb",
            "image": "https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2026/10/15/4162246.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T23:29:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9e101ab52b61103bab415ad7fb0e5659",
                "name": "The Star",
                "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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