United Kingdom World News API

Get the live top world headlines from the United Kingdom 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 the United Kingdom. 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=gb&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=world" \
  --data-urlencode "country=gb" \
  --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": "gb", "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: "gb",
    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"  => "gb",
    "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=gb&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": 366242,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ea01c944b35f216cd1d49b64dee2d33c",
            "title": "UK threatens visa bans for Eritrea over migrant return policy",
            "description": "The home secretary said she would not hesitate to impose measures on other countries \"refusing to co-operate\".",
            "content": "Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country's government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders.\nFrom Thursday, Eritrean diplomats wil... [2077 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30rl1q1j200o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/935c/live/1c24f8c0-22eb-11f1-abe1-05da6de99c2b.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:30:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "26d97215ac9a3d6e04e5716d0abc263d",
            "title": "NATO may redeploy anti-drone defenses as attacks sink more Black Sea shipping",
            "description": "Suspected Russian drones have sunk or damaged 5 ships near Bulgaria and Romania.",
            "content": "Suspected Russian drone attacks sank a cargo ship and forced the evacuation of another vessel within two dozen miles of the coast of Bulgaria in the Black Sea on October 13. The latest attacks mean that five ships have been attacked in the exclusive ... [4677 chars]",
            "url": "https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/nato-may-redeploy-anti-drone-defenses-as-attacks-sink-more-black-sea-shipping/",
            "image": "https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Black-Sea-sailors-rescued-by-Bulgaria-2560x1440.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T21:03:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "344add8dabb753d03641ce9f246787ad",
                "name": "Ars Technica",
                "url": "https://arstechnica.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bf66d73f2e4b9a81ff5eb8cbf0fb8006",
            "title": "Albania protests: Student protesters attack government ministries in Tirana",
            "description": "Buildings were set alight on the second day of demonstrations from thousands of students who want better university conditions and job prospects.",
            "content": "Thousands of students have taken to the streets in the Albanian capital of Tirana, attacking several government buildings on the second day of violent anti-government protests.\nThe demonstration began outside the ministry of education on Tuesday, as ... [1162 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq80zk5k2ep4o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/4571/live/704a3630-c7f6-11f1-9a39-31b474234113.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T20:29:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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