Australia World News API

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

Get API key for the Australia World 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=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 165832,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8476029d00e48343245bbde72958a3f0",
            "title": "The Australian",
            "description": "No Cookies | The Australian",
            "content": "Please note that by blocking any or all cookies you may not have access to certain features, content or personalization. For more information see our Cookie Policy.\nTo enable cookies, follow the instructions for your browser below.\nFacebook App: Open... [1735 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes",
            "image": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/wp-content/themes/newscorpau-news-dna/dist/images/fallback/fallback-theaustralian-169.svg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-20T09:52:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "30b44acf8108f4e5e172e6a0ef2da1cf",
                "name": "The Australian",
                "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "53cde75b2478cc8207dabfd215684491",
            "title": "Ukraine hits Russian Black Sea port city, 1 dead",
            "description": "Russian authorities said one man was killed in a Ukrainian drone raid on city of Tuapse. Meanwhile, Russia arrested a German woman in an alleged bomb plot. DW has the latest.",
            "content": "Serhiy Beskrestnov, an adviser to Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, said on Monday that he had narrowly survived a Russian drone strike that hit his home.\nAlongside a photo of himself in hospital, he said in a social media post that it was \"a miracl... [3215 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-hits-russian-black-sea-port-city-1-dead/live-76854298",
            "image": "https://static.dw.com/image/76854341_6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-20T09:25:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "67e0c40c5e24b3fec372ab75763abad9",
                "name": "dw.com",
                "url": "https://www.dw.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6ffac93c42a8d2dd9230d635966306a4",
            "title": "French prosecutors summon Elon Musk over alleged child abuse images on X",
            "description": "Owner of X summoned along with former CEO Linda Yaccarino over investigation by cybercrime unit",
            "content": "Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to the social media platform X, including the spread of child sexual abuse material and deepfake content.\nThe world’s richest man and Linda Y... [4386 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/20/french-prosecutors-summon-elon-musk-over-alleged-child-abuse-images-on-x",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ed942953d6d0fb965fb474a1e6a7011b5b5a396a/394_41_6679_5343/master/6679.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=337bfc3f107dc502ac73f1bdc7a65978",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-20T09:24:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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