Philippines World News API

Get the live top world headlines from the Philippines 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 the Philippines. 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=ph&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=world" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ph" \
  --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": "ph", "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: "ph",
    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"  => "ph",
    "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=ph&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": 164842,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "cf7feed03d73ae364ffb605d0fac585b",
            "title": "North Korea fires off ‘unidentified projectile’ in latest weapons test",
            "description": "Tokyo did not issue an alert about any North Korean missile launches, as it usually does with those that could pose a threat to Japan.",
            "content": "North Korea fired off at least one unidentified projectile on Wednesday, the South Korean military said, as Pyongyang continues to test weapons amid an ongoing row with Seoul.\nFurther details were not immediately available.\nThe Defense Ministry in To... [653 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/11/04/asia-pacific/north-korea-missile-test-november-4/",
            "image": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2026/11/04/572189.jpg?v=3.1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T02:17:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e11720774b511205644c3670b4b2266a",
                "name": "The Japan Times",
                "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "190282f62a5f177a0239f248e94f71cb",
            "title": "President Signs ACT for ALS Reauthorization Act into Law, Securing the Next Five Years of ALS Research, Innovation, and Access to Promising Therapies",
            "description": "MDA co-led advocacy efforts deliver major victory for the ALS community, ensuring continued momentum toward new treatments and cures.",
            "content": "MDA co-led advocacy efforts deliver major victory for the ALS community, ensuring continued momentum toward new treatments and cures.\nWashington, D.C., Nov. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) today celebrated the Pr... [5704 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/11/04/tmt-newswire/globenewswire/president-signs-act-for-als-reauthorization-act-into-law-securing-the-next-five-years-of-als-research-innovation-and-access-to-promising-therapies/2461243",
            "image": "https://manilatimes.net/manilatimes/uploads/images/2026/11/04/1290952.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:33:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e3ad8bbf7dbe3c3defc56a8393455066",
                "name": "The Manila Times",
                "url": "https://www.manilatimes.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d6b1be017acff44d3e355281675c8fa4",
            "title": "scale fishers in their plans to protect the oceans: Report",
            "description": "Environmental science and conservation news",
            "content": "A new report finds that countries around the world have committed to supporting sustainable fishing as a way to counter marine biodiversity loss, but urges them to strengthen accountability measures and do more to support small-scale fishers.\nThe rep... [6618 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.mongabay.com/2026/11/governments-must-include-small-scale-fishers-in-their-plans-to-protect-the-oceans-report/",
            "image": "https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2026/11/03151848/WhatsApp-Image-2026-10-22-at-12.16.33-4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9aa91626e2606ab79192d32e90bbab76",
                "name": "news - Mongabay",
                "url": "https://news.mongabay.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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