Pakistan World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Pakistan 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 world headlines from Pakistan. 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=pk&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=world" \
  --data-urlencode "country=pk" \
  --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": "pk", "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: "pk",
    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"  => "pk",
    "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=pk&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": 205352,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "45f1deda86e0c8434f3bd6924300807f",
            "title": "Voter turnout surges in election that will determine direction of Congress - as it happened",
            "description": "Key states including Florida, Georgia, Michigan, and North Carolina see record turnout",
            "content": "From 1m ago\nThis live blog is now closed. You can follow live updates on the US midterm elections at the link below:\nShare\nKey events\nThis live blog is now closed. You can follow live updates on the US midterm elections at the link below:\nShare\nThe d... [27798 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/nov/03/midterm-elections-live-updates-voting?page=with%3Ablock-6aea2e738f080027b65779aa",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5f5f747341c8d136f152999ecc2742b4b3ba40fb/357_0_5628_4502/master/5628.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=cb3f267bb1f96edd78378cf21cd6e6bb",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:54:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "afe34ac56f78a50ae4881d0539706e54",
            "title": "Spanish transport minister resigns after deadly train crash",
            "description": "Óscar Puente also announces his withdrawal from upcoming election following disaster that killed 69 people",
            "content": "Spain’s transport minister handed in his resignation on Tuesday after the train crash that killed 69 people last week, one of the worst railway disasters in Europe this century.\nÓscar Puente, who had earlier pledged to work “tirelessly” to restore co... [2935 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/03/spain-transport-minister-oscar-puente-resigns-deadly-train-crash",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/87ed16bf606ca94cb0176e05a3d9a12455babf27/823_250_3176_2542/master/3176.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=e6519cdedf88157fe50d6e89e3476f7c",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T21:58:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a2e426df839aa332813ffd9fe8bdf632",
            "title": "NTSB says crucial plane control parts found three miles from Florida crash site",
            "description": "The NTSB said because the parts were found far from the accident site, they fell off before the crash.",
            "content": "Crucial components of a private jet that crashed in Palm Beach, Florida - including a part that controlled the up-and-down movements of the nose of the plane - were found 1.3 (2 km) to 3.8 miles away from the crash site, an investigator said on Tuesd... [2036 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9e8lk5dpj7no",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5c38/live/b5b1d720-d7cb-11f1-b441-2b33b063138f.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T21:53:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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