Singapore World News API

Get the live top world 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 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);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "world",
    "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=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": 78608,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4e5edeba304bc93705aab518b8391474",
            "title": "Why a remote Philippine island chain near Taiwan is drawing China’s attention",
            "description": "Less than 200km south of Taiwan, Batanes is the Philippines' northernmost province. Growing maritime tensions with China and Manila's deepening defence ties with the US and Japan are drawing fresh attention to the strategically located island chain.",
            "content": "Advertisement\n15 Oct 2026 06:00AM\nAdd CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results.\nRead a summary of this article on FAST.\nGet bite-sized news via a new\ncards interface. Give it a try.\nClick here... [10651 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/batanes-philippines-china-taiwan-maritime-tensions-6458206",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--5oMIL6rY--/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2023-11:afp_watermark_14112023,w_0.1/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/10/14/000_33lr3kd.jpg?itok=-1guvtR7",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7a308ac2a0b90e96458646ccc8f5e5c8",
            "title": "Two Singapore-registered vessels hit in the Strait of Hormuz, one sinks",
            "description": "Two Singapore-registered container vessels were struck by unidentified projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Oct 13 and 14, respectively, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE (Bernama): Two Singapore-registered container vessels were struck by unidentified projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Oct 13 and 14, respectively, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said.\nOne of the vessels,... [910 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/10/14/two-singapore-registered-vessels-hit-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-one-sinks",
            "image": "https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2026/10/14/4162183.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T14:25:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9e101ab52b61103bab415ad7fb0e5659",
                "name": "The Star",
                "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ff68217dfda5c77fc6d9a3cc7cedd9f9",
            "title": "Emulate Singapore’s model to protect local workers, says Wee",
            "description": "While welcoming the minimum wage hike to RM2,000, the Ayer Hitam MP cautions against a potential two-tier labour market.",
            "content": "Wee Ka Siong (BN-Ayer Hitam) said adopting such a framework is vital for structuring local salaries according to qualifications and skills to drive sustainable income growth.\n“In Singapore, they use a local qualifying salary (LQS) alongside a depende... [1852 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/14/emulate-singapore-s-model-to-protect-local-workers-says-wee",
            "image": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=75,format=auto,fit=cover,dpr=1,width=1200,height=630,gravity=center/https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/v3/2026/08/566819d9-a9d5-46fc-9e93-b595dd3c9c41-Ahli-Parlimen-Ayer-Hitem-Wee-Ka-Siong-bernama-100826.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T10:20:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "36fca29da23c4fb21f6b9e6062eb3d22",
                "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
                "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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