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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": 154904,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "006b4c4c70d3d7334ef583e17193d58a",
            "title": "air collision that killed 67 was '100 per cent preventable': NTSB",
            "description": "Investigators and families are calling for major reforms, with more than 30 safety recommendations issued to prevent a similar tragedy.",
            "content": "A series of systemic failures by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) led to a devastating mid-air collision that killed 67 people last year, the National Transporation Safety Board (NTSB) has found.\nThe January 2025 crash involved an America... [3789 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-28/ntsb-says-dc-mid-air-collision-that-killed-67-was-preventable/106280300",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/f2ac331e9630ccda96646339d10472c8?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2808&cropW=4992&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-28T12:44:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "40523347f108a531b1e438642dedde0b",
            "title": "Dramatic footage shows baby among those evacuated from blazing Ukraine train",
            "description": "Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.",
            "content": "What Ukraine drone attack aftermath photos show\nPaul Brown\nBBC Verify senior journalist\nPictures and videos of the aftermath of yesterday's drone strike show a fire burning inside a damaged carriage, with firefighters carrying hoses as they tackle th... [2915 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c3942ddg3zjt",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/branded_news/1200/cpsprodpb/5dd8/live/9db82550-fc36-11f0-b385-5f48925de19a.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-28T11:05:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1ea67ac9f72277a7f358460106c16154",
            "title": "Russia strikes civilian train in Ukraine, killing five, in an attack Zelensky calls ‘terrorism’",
            "description": "At least five people were killed in a Russian drone strike on a civilian train in northeastern Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said, describing the attack as an “act of terrorism.”",
            "content": "At least five people were killed in a Russian drone strike on a civilian train in northeastern Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said, describing the attack as an “act of terrorism.”\nEmergency workers were confronted with scenes of ... [2016 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/28/world/russia-strikes-civilian-train-ukraine-intl",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/2026-01-27t185553z-978975246-rc2u9jazzlcu-rtrmadp-3-ukraine-crisis-attack-kharkiv-train.JPG?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-28T10:34:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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