Australia News API

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

Get API key for the Australia News API

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": 374340,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "33c64ffa023ad2700b0955c546ea0efd",
            "title": "Cerebral organoid model offers insights into the mechanisms of Ebola virus persistence",
            "description": "Following infection, Ebola virus can survive unnoticed in the human body for months or even years, hiding in areas with little immune surveillance like the central nervous system.",
            "content": "Following infection, Ebola virus can survive unnoticed in the human body for months or even years, hiding in areas with little immune surveillance like the central nervous system. In doing so, it poses the danger of triggering an Ebola virus disease ... [6193 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260617/Cerebral-organoid-model-offers-insights-into-the-mechanisms-of-Ebola-virus-persistence.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/92036744-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-18T03:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d4563e83b705e129c8c9de0030d0207b",
            "title": "AGA experts highlight benefits and limits of colorectal cancer screening tests",
            "description": "As new colorectal cancer screening guidance draws attention to the growing number of testing options, the American Gastroenterological Association urges patients and primary care providers to understand how those options compare.",
            "content": "As new colorectal cancer screening guidance draws attention to the growing number of testing options, the American Gastroenterological Association urges patients and primary care providers to understand how those options compare. AGA experts emphasiz... [1042 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news-medical.net/news/20260617/AGA-experts-highlight-benefits-and-limits-of-colorectal-cancer-screening-tests.aspx",
            "image": "https://www.news-medical.net/image-handler/picture/2014/7/Colonoscopy-620x480.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-18T02:34:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f2ca7a45d20357cb42858868cb4a4946",
                "name": "News-Medical",
                "url": "https://www.news-medical.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1f7397d6c87030258fded911fc85574e",
            "title": "Uzbekistan v Colombia, Ghana v Panama, Portugal v DR Congo, England v Croatia; results, games, standings, stats, schedule, players, teams",
            "description": "Group K and L stages are up today as Portugal take on the Democratic Republic of Congo and England clash with Croatia. Ghana and Panama meet later and the last game of the day is Uzbekistan v Colombia. Follow along to our live blog for all the action.",
            "content": "Here on FIFA world rankings watch, we’ve noticed something very curious indeed.\nEvery single match at this World Cup has an impact on the rankings, because FIFA awards +/- points based on the outcome. That has led to a whole bunch of changes up and d... [1995 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/fifa-world-cup-2026-live-updates-ronaldo-s-england-start-against-croatia-portugal-draw-1-1-with-dr-congo-as-ghana-panama-uzbekistan-and-colombia-in-action-today-20260617-p607o8.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.12256944444444444%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_26/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/1982ca444e9b9dbd0e06763e6039467e62ab514d",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-18T02:33:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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