Zimbabwe World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Zimbabwe 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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Request and live response

This request returns the current top world headlines from Zimbabwe. 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=zw&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=world" \
  --data-urlencode "country=zw" \
  --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": "zw", "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: "zw",
    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"  => "zw",
    "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=zw&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": 21134,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a20065c1295202b9966dabe958125d22",
            "title": "Prison chief elected to international corrections board",
            "description": "The International Corrections and Prisons Association (ICPA) also gave an award to the RISe Foundation",
            "content": "The prisons chief has been elected to the board of an international organisation that brings together prison professionals from all over the world to share good practices in incarceration.\nChris Siegersma, CEO of the Correctional Services Agency, was... [2584 chars]",
            "url": "https://timesofmalta.com/article/prison-chief-elected-international-corrections-board.1136577",
            "image": "https://cdn-attachments.timesofmalta.com/f2ec6de3508948ff912d1711d942d039331e5644-1793726306-d2cae39c-1200x630.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T05:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a4c4b701852ac0feb5cb03f0244a19dc",
                "name": "Times of Malta",
                "url": "https://timesofmalta.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f565362b0435585121e51e803844b43f",
            "title": "Funding Squeeze Forces Rethink of Digital Agriculture in Africa",
            "description": "Digital agriculture is facing a critical sustainability test as declining development funding forces technology providers, investors and agricultural",
            "content": "Digital agriculture is facing a critical sustainability test as declining development funding forces technology providers, investors and agricultural institutions to rethink how digital services can remain accessible to smallholder farmers beyond don... [11573 chars]",
            "url": "https://kilimonews.co.ke/general-news/funding-squeeze-forces-rethink-of-digital-agriculture-in-africa/",
            "image": "https://kilimonews.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/The-10th-AgriFin-Learning-Event-ALE-10-held-in-Nairobi-on-October-27-2026-1024x551.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T04:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2ac6a9d7c21b4fb74696907c3eb4d764",
                "name": "Kilimo News",
                "url": "https://kilimonews.co.ke"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "33114e067b09a4d5e109098a90a9adbb",
            "title": "2026 Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem Partners Conference: Global Gathering to Protect Earth's Green Lungs",
            "description": "HAIKOU, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire – 3 November 2026 - From Nov. 18 to 22, 2026, a global gathering dedicated to protecting the Earth's",
            "content": "HAIKOU, CHINA - Media OutReach Newswire – 3 November 2026 - From Nov. 18 to 22, 2026, a global gathering dedicated to protecting the Earth's \"green lungs\" will take place in Haikou, Hainan Province, China: the 2026 Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem Partn... [4126 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/money/mediaoutreach/2026/11/03/2026-tropical-rainforest-ecosystem-partners-conference-global-gathering-to-protect-earths-green-lungs/499047",
            "image": "https://www.malaymail.com/theme_malaymail/images/malaymail/og-image.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T15:21:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b31ab9de2dcdd2e8f28efaa42a2f74b6",
                "name": "Malay Mail",
                "url": "https://www.malaymail.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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