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Australia World News API
Get the live top world headlines from Australia with our JSON API.
Get API key for the Australia World News APIAPI 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=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
"totalArticles": 151648,
"articles": [
{
"id": "55a1f390a98f62182d03369a56286bc4",
"title": "Don’t reach for the bug spray: scientists find insects may feel pain after crickets nurse sore antennae",
"description": "The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists say",
"content": "Do insects feel pain? Crickets certainly seem to, according to new research which finds they stroke and groom a sore antenna in much the same way as a dog nurses its hurt paw.\nAssociate Prof Thomas White, an entomologist from the University of Sydney... [4027 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/insects-feel-pain-research",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7007be2d10ba6579ce7f45074f0b9823142d6a2c/272_332_4062_3251/master/4062.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=fe6c0a0a1287b4d10b766b43056c1137",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-13T03:02:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
},
{
"id": "81ce96acb5dad5bc201f2ea488ab0fc3",
"title": "Public health at risk across Asia as price of gas for cooking soars",
"description": "Families turn to dirty fuels such as firewood, bringing fears over air pollution and fragility of energy transition",
"content": "In the ramshackle lanes of a south Delhi slum, Afshana Khatoon crouched wearily on her haunches and began lighting a small pile of firewood.\nShe had only just returned from six hours spent trudging through the urban forests and dry parks of India’s c... [6834 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/13/public-health-risk-asia-firewood-cooking-gas-price-air-pollution",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/984a07b19d985b7c6719e304eeeb3c977c68e885/590_0_2309_1848/master/2309.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=ff4e5bcea304f2d30893243236365698",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-13T03:00:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
},
{
"id": "4d8cfb860f461f34fc50222077e5856c",
"title": "Ransom ‘paid’ to hackers who crippled online learning in Australia",
"description": "More than 120 Australian schools, universities and TAFEs were caught in the world’s largest education breach. Now their data is supposedly deleted.",
"content": "Advertisement\nBreakingTechnologyCybersecurity\nRansom ‘paid’ to hackers who crippled online learning in Australia\nMay 13, 2026 — 11:54am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nThe parent com... [5314 chars]",
"url": "https://www.smh.com.au/technology/ransom-paid-to-hackers-who-crippled-online-learning-in-australia-20260513-p5zwbh.html",
"image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.9169%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/939d3f604d058c4c215da432caa389649c656f0f",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-13T01:54:21Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
"name": "SMH.com.au",
"url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
}
}
]
}