Singapore Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Singapore 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 Singapore. 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=sg&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --data-urlencode "country=sg" \
  --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": "sg", "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: "sg",
    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"  => "sg",
    "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=sg&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": 101640,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2b02bb87872cc0c2a23c2949d0f1313f",
            "title": "CNA Explains: What happens when the government disagrees with the courts?",
            "description": "A recent High Court ruling that overturned deterrent sentences for four young scam mules prompted the government to propose changes to the law. CNA looks at similar past cases, how lawmakers responded and the constitutional limits involved.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: When the High Court overturned deterrent sentences for four young scam mules in September, opting instead for probation and community sentences, Senior Minister K Shanmugam said to parliament of the decision: “This is not the time to go so... [11652 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/government-parliament-judiciary-courts-legislative-changes-disagree-6458426",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--w6czrYGn--/c_crop,h_1107,w_1969,x_1,y_149/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/10/14/high-court-parliament-house.jpg?itok=O8JS07be",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f8a7d76f8d75a77f91578ed6b609fde3",
            "title": "Singapore keeping options open on haze prosecution against companies as it collects, reviews data: Grace Fu",
            "description": "Singapore's hourly PM2.5 reading hit its highest level since 2015 on Wednesday, as worsening haze prompted sports facility closures and other precautionary measures.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: Singapore is keeping its options open on taking action under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act as it collects and reviews data on the ongoing haze situation, said Minister for Sustainability and the Environment Grace Fu on Wednesday (Oc... [2194 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/options-open-haze-prosecution-collects-reviews-data-grace-fu-6458601",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--Z9zHcdw8--/c_crop,h_830,w_1476,x_0,y_11/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/10/14/20261014_raj_grace_fu3_1.jpg?itok=tSYUvjY7",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T14:52:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7520c0b73fa2ab1acb9b6269f687188b",
            "title": "Govt exploring grants, incentives for firms to offer jobs with flexible workloads",
            "description": "It is studying which jobs and sectors are most suited to such efforts. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE – The Government is studying how to encourage employers to offer fractional work to people who need greater flexibility in their careers, said Acting Manpower Minister Jasmin Lau on Oct 14.\nThis will involve offering grants and incentives t... [3422 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/govt-exploring-grants-incentives-for-firms-to-offer-jobs-with-flexible-workloads",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/17ad4a7788009b91e0e4751ef0c06aba400ac05e718ad398b46c4cb6eb1dde3f?w=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T13:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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