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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": 257016,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "0093e231fc09db7af4fc18065ba8a85e",
            "title": "Fatalities reported after fire during NYE celebrations",
            "description": "The tragedy struck a bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort, which is popular with tourists.",
            "content": "Berlin: Dozens of people are feared to have been killed and around 100 others injured after a fire tore through a crowded bar during a New Year’s Eve party in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in south-western Switzerland, Swiss police said on ... [4157 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/fire-at-swiss-ski-resort-bar-leaves-dead-injured-during-new-year-s-celebrations-20260101-p5nr4p.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.4641%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_109/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/cf343b043580a092149eebe93c348353dc522581",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-01T10:16:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "aa07e1978d6aa51048f6da3d07018496",
            "title": "Cellular Guardian's Impact on Blood Vessel Growth",
            "description": "The protein p53, best known as the \"guardian of the genome\" for its role in preventing cancer, can affect blood vessels in different ways. However, it",
            "content": "Mirage News\nMirage News\nCellular Guardian's Impact on Blood Vessel Growth\nThe protein p53, best known as the \"guardian of the genome\" for its role in preventing cancer, can affect blood vessels in different ways. However, it has not been clear how p5... [1894 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.miragenews.com/cellular-guardians-impact-on-blood-vessel-growth-1596781/",
            "image": "https://news.ki.se/sites/nyheter/files/qbank/BlodkrlFotoGettyImages_custom20251229104611.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-01T09:38:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0368281c39ba31f7435685e8b620f675",
                "name": "Mirage News",
                "url": "https://www.miragenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b95f6c6c7611abb0d5eef30b3f6a6c4b",
            "title": "Police charge man following alleged crime spree in Latrobe Valley",
            "description": "Police charge a man after a two-day pursuit that resulted in a police officer being injured and multiple police vehicles being rammed.",
            "content": "In short:\nA 34-year-old man has been charged with 66 offences after a two-day police pursuit in Victoria's Latrobe Valley that left a police officer injured.\nPolice allege the man rammed multiple police vehicles before crashing a stolen SUV into a ho... [1626 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-01/man-charged-following-alleged-crime-spree-in-latrobe-valley/106193160",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/ed1fa5764e0ece20a1d66585fcc193dc?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-01T09:15:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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