Singapore World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Singapore 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 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=world&country=sg&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=world" \
  --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": "world", "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: "world",
    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);
}

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"  => "sg",
    "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=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": 80992,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "355ccd7defd292e285373e284a678aba",
            "title": "PH, Bersatu seen as avoiding publicity for Melaka polls pact",
            "description": "Analyst Mazlan Ali believes Bersatu and DAP do not want to be directly associated with each other.",
            "content": "Mazlan Ali of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia believes both PH and Bersatu want to avoid being openly associated with each other.\nHe attributed this to the strong opposition from the DAP, a PH component, to the partnership. The DAP leadership has made ... [2746 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/11/04/ph-bersatu-seen-as-avoiding-publicity-for-melaka-polls-pact",
            "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/v3/2026/10/9d7365a4-b6c4-44c6-a667-3613636112c3-Ahli-Parlimen-Bersatu-menandatangani-Perjanjian-fb-pic-301026-.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "36fca29da23c4fb21f6b9e6062eb3d22",
                "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
                "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "866765314da9b4819eb2701d8d86fd9a",
            "title": "US midterms: Polls begin closing in midterms set to roil Trump presidency",
            "description": "US midterms polls begin closing as Democrats seek to take control of Congress and curb Donald Trump’s power. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "WASHINGTON – Polls began closing on Nov 3 in US midterms with Democrats poised to seize the House and potentially the Senate, threatening to shatter Donald Trump’s grip on Washington and curtail his power for the rest of his presidency.\nRepublicans l... [4010 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/americans-vote-in-election-that-could-reshape-trump-presidency",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/f565317d262bcbda60851421ff2ed804e411da550fcc3bfba94278fe1b85b9c5?w=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:35:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1cab6dd83866b89725a29d711ee99b36",
            "title": "Rena Lee elected to International Court of Justice, becoming first Singaporean judge",
            "description": "Ms Lee, 57, secured the highest number of votes in the UN General Assembly with 151 out of 191 votes, and the joint-highest number in the Security Council with 13 out of 15 votes.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: Ambassador for International Law Rena Lee has been elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), said the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) on Wednesday (Nov 4).\nShe is the first Singaporean and the first woman from Southeast Asia... [2558 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/rena-lee-icj-singapore-judge-international-court-justice-6516371",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--82VfjoOT--/c_crop,h_749,w_1333,x_1,y_301/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/11/04/ambassador_for_international_law_rena_lee_2.jpeg?itok=HKFlS5ce",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T22:16:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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