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Australia News API

Get the live top headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

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API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Australia.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=au&category=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 332458,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f85f11867d575c3c0b20baa9db60c22b",
            "title": "Your Marital Status May Raise Your Cancer Risk-Experts Explain Why",
            "description": "A new study found that adults who have never been married have a higher risk of cancer than those who have. Experts explain the connection and how to lower your risk.",
            "content": "There are unfortunately many factors that can raise your risk of developing cancer, from your genes to how often you exercise. Not to stress you out or anything, but new research suggests there’s another one to consider: your marital status.\nA new st... [7703 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.self.com/story/marital-status-cancer-risk",
            "image": "https://media.self.com/photos/69d68ed1becc36e3b66a4d4d/2:1/w_1280,c_limit/AdobeStock_216223508.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T17:27:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "97c39492808a9c5706450bc6055b254e",
                "name": "SELF Magazine",
                "url": "https://www.self.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ab9326d3d0f1c89a74ab050f006f313a",
            "title": "Iran war live updates: Ceasefire on brink after Israel pounds Lebanon with wave of strikes",
            "description": "Benjamin Netanyahu said Lebanon was not included in the truce, while Iran accused Israel of ceasefire breaches and barred ships from crossing the Strait of Hormuz. Follow live.",
            "content": "British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says there is still a lot of work to do to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following the US-Iran ceasefire.\nSpeaking during a visit to the Gulf, Sir Keir will hold talks with regional leaders during the visit, whic... [7001 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-09/iran-war-live-updates-trump-ceasefire-deal/106543418",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/a328966e113ecf8c28c420dd5aae6ef7?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=103&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T17:22:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "30fc35ee88240ae27bc09b7ef934b4a0",
            "title": "Middle East crisis live: strait of Hormuz appears to remain closed amid conflicting US and Iran briefings",
            "description": "White House denies vital waterway is closed after Iranian state media say shipping halted over Israeli attacks on Lebanon",
            "content": "Key events\nShow key events only\nPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature\nAnalysis: Trump's 'deal' is a huge strategic failure for the US\nPeter Beaumont\nA genocidal threat, and then the US president, Donald Trump, blinked – without any apparently... [13750 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/08/iran-war-ceasefire-live-updates-trump-deadline-middle-east-crisis-latest-news?page=with:block-69d580728f0815f2a879fb3f",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0b568adc54fc7ce7f8db2b1f886af820b6a3eda0/749_0_4998_4000/master/4998.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=924c6b54ccb895c267c84dd99a1deed7",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T17:17:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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