Singapore News API

Get the live top 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 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=general&country=sg&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=general" \
  --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": "general", "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: "general",
    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" => "general",
    "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=general&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": 208532,
    "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": "a8b1f2a52e1d6b5554b7a3af16c76c9a",
            "title": "4 PSG (Oct 14, 2026) Game Analysis",
            "description": "Expert recap and game analysis of the Manchester City vs. Paris Saint-Germain Uefa Champions League game from October 14, 2026 on ESPN.",
            "content": "Pep Guardiola's return ended in defeat on Wednesday as Manchester City lost 4-2 to Paris Saint-Germain in their first home match since being found guilty of serious financial irregularities.\nThe former City manager made his first visit to the Etihad ... [3317 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/401915407",
            "image": "https://s.secure.espncdn.com/stitcher/sports/soccer/uefa.champions/events/401915407.png?templateId=espn.com.share.1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:07:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0207e330d5d787ce8251900411dd488d",
                "name": "ESPN",
                "url": "https://www.espn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1d44d0ee3bed50cd845878090d111c14",
            "title": "US company announces progress toward resurrecting the extinct dodo",
            "description": "Oct 14 : A US biotech company says it is making progress toward its goal of resurrecting the dodo, the famous flightless bird with a large hooked beak, and returning it to its native Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, where humans drove it to extinction in the 17th century.Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences sai",
            "content": "Oct 14 : A US biotech company says it is making progress toward its goal of resurrecting the dodo, the famous flightless bird with a large hooked beak, and returning it to its native Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, where humans drove it to extincti... [4282 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/us-company-announces-progress-toward-resurrecting-extinct-dodo-6460671",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--iIBQvCaO--/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2024-04:reuters_1,w_0.1/f_auto,q_auto/v1/one-cms/core/2026-10-14T210330Z_1_LYNXMPEM9D1Y8_RTROPTP_3_SCIENCE-DODO.JPG?itok=kfmiqxpI",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:03:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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