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": 158296,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3f5cfa80df9a483ad4d7bc6992b4e733",
            "title": "In Venezuela, the earthquake started with a 'soft shake' and then the lights went out",
            "description": "As a rare one-two punch of earthquakes hit Venezuela this week, residents in the capital Caracas watched in horror as buildings shook and were sent \"pancaking\" before their eyes.",
            "content": "As a rare one-two punch of earthquakes hit Venezuela this week, residents in the capital city of Caracas watched in horror as buildings shook and were sent \"pancaking\" before their eyes.\nAn initial 7.2-magnitude quake struck near the town of San Feli... [7705 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-27/venezuela-caracas-assess-damage-after-doublet-earthquake/106843050",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/9c2fbd53bf29e2975bde08aed1818e29?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1152&cropW=2048&xPos=0&yPos=107&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T18:41:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cef5056f6c7699099c872ddecfbca560",
            "title": "Trump calls Iranian strike in Strait of Hormuz 'foolish' violation of ceasefire",
            "description": "The US president takes to Truth Social to criticise an Iranian drone attack on a cargo ship earlier this week.",
            "content": "US President Donald Trump has slammed Iran for carrying out a drone attack in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a \"foolish\" violation of the ceasefire in the Middle East war.\n\"One of the Drones solidly hit the upper deck of a large and very expensive ... [3298 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-27/trump-calls-iranian-strike-in-strait-of-hormuz-foolish-breach/106850280",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/27c8989d3dba8f7a490a32e14819e096?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=228&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T17:30:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4677e0ae057ac33d0b87b1aaeba49825",
            "title": "US politics, Iran war live updates: Top Trump ex-official pleads guilty",
            "description": "Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the Middle East.",
            "content": "Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the Middle East.\nOne of Donald Trump’s former top officials has pleaded guilty to mishandling classified information.\nJohn Bolton, who served as Mr Trump’s national security adviser during his first ter... [477 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/us-politics-iran-war-live-updates/live-coverage/5fd1576636089eedcddfcef6916cd5f1",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/d9cc1379d0263227700bac548e4a53a3",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-26T16:39:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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