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": 152890,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "118bc648473d43df08295d8545d2c5f0",
            "title": "Australia to sell fleet of Bushmasters to Netherlands, locks in commitment to build 268 more for itself",
            "description": "Australian Bushmaster armoured vehicles are being sent to the Netherlands following a request to Australia by the Dutch government.",
            "content": "Australian Bushmaster armoured vehicles are being sent to the Netherlands following a request to Australia by the Dutch government.\nA fleet of troop carriers has been sold to the Netherlands, building on the country's existing Bushmaster fleet.\nThe s... [2973 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-26/netherlands-buys-bushmaster-fleet-australia-commits-to-more/106608000",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/a44f99891fa4936036d8a1f79f463329?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2160&cropW=3840&xPos=0&yPos=265&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T12:34:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "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": "2026-04-26T10:20:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "30b44acf8108f4e5e172e6a0ef2da1cf",
                "name": "The Australian",
                "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "270a36edad51c87a8be123626c2c8766",
            "title": "Teen arrested in Louisiana shooting got ride from scene from grandmother",
            "description": "No indication grandmother knew what Markel Lee, 17, was suspected of doing, and she later identified him to police",
            "content": "A 17-year-old accused of murder in Thursday’s mass shooting at a Louisiana mall that left a high school senior dead while wounding five others got a ride away from the crime scene from his grandmother – and was arrested after investigators used surve... [4783 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/teen-louisiana-mass-shooting-grandmother",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8b16cdd626cb7d7afae67e824c0cc028e2295d02/374_0_4167_3333/master/4167.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=3bb39aa17e2452b5f7b2e1dc3bd823e9",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T10:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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