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. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as 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);
}

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"  => "gb",
    "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=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": 362968,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9178c366c42903469e23fb657cc30e69",
            "title": "Democrat Jon Ossoff wins re-election to Senate in Georgia",
            "description": "Ossoff is seen as a potential leading contender for the Democratic nomination for president in 2028 if he throws his hat in the ring.",
            "content": "Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff is projected to have won re-election in Georgia, defeating Republican challenger Mike Collins and pushing the crucial swing state deeper into Democratic control, CBS News reports.\nOssoff, a rising star in the Democratic ... [2218 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqwyrmm2k4mpo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/b5f5/live/9c21ceb0-d7c0-11f1-a719-bf3dc3a3d5b5.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:58:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "31dad4b650d35e2cbc55f963b2be5a6a",
            "title": "Scammers using AI-generated images of missing pets to demand rewards",
            "description": "Owners says threats to kill their cats unless they sent money left them angry and terrified.",
            "content": "When Stephanie Young's cat Buddy went missing from her garden in September last year, she flooded pet rescue sites and social media groups with information about him.\nHer hopes were raised when an image of him was sent through by a woman named Meliss... [3006 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdx8080nq74o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/82f2/live/720655d0-d151-11f1-9eb5-811878e0f07d.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:44:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "da05009467a13bbcc84557ea09d86db3",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7672ca59a4afaaaeb56a644b595ddad5",
            "title": "Trump unloads on Fox News and turns to CNN for relief as bleak midterms news rolls in",
            "description": "In a series of posts, Trump criticized a Fox News commentator, attacked the network’s polling and claimed its ratings were plummeting",
            "content": "As millions of Americans headed to the polls on Election Day, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to lash out at Fox News, one of his preferred networks.\nIn a series of posts, Trump criticized a liberal commentator, attacked the network’s pol... [3417 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-fox-news-midterm-elections-b3078671.html",
            "image": "https://static.independent.co.uk/2026/11/03/23/44/GettyImages-2302753717.jpeg?trim=0,2,0,1&width=1200&height=800&crop=1200:800",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:36:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0d5c0adfb0e84da759fe48296b9f6e55",
                "name": "The Independent",
                "url": "https://www.independent.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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United Kingdom World News API

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