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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 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": 151204,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "bcbc05d384d083db842ed1acca57bbc5",
            "title": "He called himself an ‘untouchable hacker god’. But who was behind the biggest crime Finland has ever known?",
            "description": "How would you feel if your therapist’s notes – your darkest thoughts and deepest feelings – were exposed to the world? For 33,000 Finnish people, that became a terrifying reality, with deadly consequences",
            "content": "Tiina Parikka was half-naked when she read the email. It was a Saturday in late October 2020, and Parikka had spent the morning sorting out plans for distance learning after a Covid outbreak at the school where she was headteacher. She had taken a sa... [29901 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/17/vastaamo-hack-finland-therapy-notes",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0264cf3c6d297689726e4ea3b2995a889c93f6b4/0_1236_4000_3200/master/4000.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=a0b3933d3df5aaf19d0eaeba082ed9ba",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-17T06:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2493558dd5b10f742fc2a1d1e9821121",
            "title": "The Iranian state silenced protests with brutality. What now for Iran’s opposition?",
            "description": "Grieving, bruised and divided on the wisdom of foreign-backed revolt, how can the Iranian people achieve change?",
            "content": "The Japanese writer Haruki Murakami in his novel 1Q84 may have foreshadowed the great and indelible rift Iranian society is about to experience. “The ones who did it can always rationalize their actions and even forget what they did. They can turn aw... [8982 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/17/iran-protests-opposition",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0d49501b4b85b93179b75569b0c2743c37b1583b/660_163_4644_3715/master/4644.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=26d8540964303bc1969f9bf8da9ad7e0",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-17T05:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "316b0983ac0cf66576b773b607c744df",
            "title": "Greenland crisis: Europe needs the US, but it also needs to stand up to Trump",
            "description": "US president’s increasingly bellicose demands for control of the island may force the EU to draw a line in the snow",
            "content": "The crisis over Greenland may deliver the moment when Europe must stand up to Donald Trump, as officials have said a US attempt to annex the territory could shatter the Nato transatlantic alliance.\nEuropean leaders have entertained Trump’s demands fo... [6589 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/17/greenland-crisis-europe-needs-trump-but-it-also-needs-to-stand-up-to-him",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d0a3fe0d2c55b7d8404144686f14a96aea5818dc/1052_0_7067_5654/master/7067.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=c001daf2eae2d6dcafcdf8d629a45def",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-17T05:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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