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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": 141000,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "bfc33b172c492ecd82b1d7157d53bf86",
            "title": "The Tumbler Ridge Killer Was a Man, Not a Woman",
            "description": "Canadian police called a male school shooter 'female', raising questions about gender identity policies that obscure male violence patterns.",
            "content": "On 10 February, Jesse Van Rootselaar (also known as Jesse Strang) killed eight people in the remote British Columbia mining town of Tumbler Ridge. The first two victims were the killer’s mother and half-brother, whom Van Rootselaar shot at home. Van ... [4829 chars]",
            "url": "https://quillette.com/2026/02/14/stop-pretending-the-tumbler-ridge-killer-was-female-jesse-van-rootselaar/",
            "image": "https://cdn.quillette.com/2026/02/f3ffffff.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T10:34:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "89db29a9fd25b75b853e1a82794b8914",
                "name": "Quillette",
                "url": "https://quillette.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0752395488c74707c656699c41a23dfa",
            "title": "New Zealand's North Island braces for more rain amid widespread flooding",
            "description": "Floods cause power outages, road collapses, home evacuations and are linked to the death of a man whose vehicle was submerged on a highway.",
            "content": "New Zealand's weather bureau has issued a warning for heavy rain and strong winds across the country's North Island tonight.\nThe warning comes a day after floods caused power outages, road collapses and home evacuations.\nAuthorities said a man was ki... [2032 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-15/new-zealand-north-island-rain-flooding/106347264",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/821b7d9a77b6ea3583ea1ceea3ea53b0?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=591&cropW=1050&xPos=0&yPos=33&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T10:19:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f296f9a76d5aeb8825ce72834ba7c151",
            "title": "New Zealand officials warn more flooding could hit north island as man killed after heavy rain",
            "description": "Worst weather forecast to hit late on Sunday, a day after floods caused power outages, road collapses and home evacuations",
            "content": "New Zealand’s weather bureau has warned more flooding could hit the country’s North Island, a day after floods caused power outages, road collapses, home evacuations and caused the death of a man whose vehicle was submerged on a highway.\nThere was “t... [1546 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/15/new-zealand-officials-warn-more-flooding-could-hit-north-island-as-man-killed-after-heavy-rain",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ef3bf0fdba7a5f2e53f1b8419a9b66223fb21fc0/376_0_4498_3598/master/4498.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=e43dcba0998d3705dd0458e480cb75bd",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T06:42:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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