Malaysia Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Malaysia 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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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);
}

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" => "nation",
    "country"  => "my",
    "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=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": 58136,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e1a0cb4cbb37fbf977b15e6e69c0c747",
            "title": "No approval for Hyrox event unless beer sponsorship withdrawn, says minister",
            "description": "Youth and sports minister Dr Taufiq Johari says the application for next month's event is still being considered.",
            "content": "Referring to a poster announcing the company as the event’s “Official Beer Partner”, Taufiq said the application for the event, to run from Dec 10 to 13 at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre, was still under consideration.\nHe said... [1405 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/11/04/no-approval-for-hyrox-event-unless-beer-sponsorship-withdrawn-says-minister",
            "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/2026/04/a5b0008b-taufiq-johari-bernama-200426.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T02:11:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "36fca29da23c4fb21f6b9e6062eb3d22",
                "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
                "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4d3fc53bb0374dc99ddd120999aca0ef",
            "title": "Ex-Duyong rep helping DAP candidate despite PH campaign boycott",
            "description": "Poo Long Suan says Damian Yeo has offered advice and introduced him to potential supporters in Duyong despite saying he would boycott PH's election campaign.",
            "content": "Poo, a member of the Melaka DAP complaints committee, said Yeo took him to meet people who could help him in Duyong, adding that “his effort is there”.\n“I just met him (over the) last few days, and he gave me some advice. He even accompanied me to th... [1704 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/11/04/ex-duyong-assemblyman-helping-dap-candidate-despite-ph-campaign-boycott",
            "image": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,fit=cover,dpr=1,width=1200,height=630,gravity=center/https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/v3/2026/11/6c04f8e6-ab95-4a6f-b86a-8658a9e678ec-10-POO-LONG-SUAN-HARAPAN-DUYUNG-CANDIDATE-PRN-MELAKA-MOGANRAJ-FMT-02112026-copy.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "36fca29da23c4fb21f6b9e6062eb3d22",
                "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
                "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4e9692da068f4dd860f44d78a1cc1bbd",
            "title": "Flash floods hit several areas in Shah Alam, disrupt morning traffic",
            "description": "SHAH ALAM: Flash floods hit several areas in Shah Alam following persistent heavy rain early on Wednesday (Nov 4), leaving several major roads inundated and disrupting traffic.",
            "content": "SHAH ALAM: Flash floods hit several areas in Shah Alam following persistent heavy rain early on Wednesday (Nov 4), leaving several major roads inundated and disrupting traffic.\nPosts by users on the social media platform Threads showed flooding at se... [1315 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2026/11/04/flash-floods-hit-several-areas-in-shah-alam-disrupt-morning-traffic",
            "image": "https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2026/11/04/4196011.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T01:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9e101ab52b61103bab415ad7fb0e5659",
                "name": "The Star",
                "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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