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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": 155954,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9527ad031bdff2a1e0d92ea7d2b3432c",
            "title": "‘If you’re flushing the toilet with grey water, people should know’: how China turned rain into an asset",
            "description": "Architects and designers have recycled ancient practice of collecting rainwater to make buildings ecologically friendly",
            "content": "When the legendary Taiwanese rock band Mayday were due to perform in Beijing one evening in May 2023, some fans were worried that the rainy weather could affect the show. Mayday were taking to the stage in Beijing’s National Stadium, also known as th... [5400 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/16/grey-water-how-china-turned-rain-into-asset",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c16ed90c62f3543ebc5fadd72600d4efa646c9c6/287_0_2506_2005/master/2506.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=6b0f18796660f0df8e9f1263acac817a",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-16T05:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "88e9fb4144428e0b64ed7a02ff593a5e",
            "title": "What we know about the US and European military presence in Greenland",
            "description": "Here is what we know about the US military footprint in Greenland, and how the increase of troops from Denmark and its allies stacks up.",
            "content": "Greenland's only US military base was once a tightly guarded secret at the height of the Cold War.\nThe Pituffik Space Base was built to counter the then-Soviet Union's missiles and bombers over the Arctic in the 1950s.\nNow it sits at the heart of a d... [7040 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-16/what-we-know-us-european-military-presence-greenland/106232762",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/51fcf414f6cc6ce3a8e6c12083283e5d?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-16T03:56:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5b86c16f3f4727c5157ee8d1069e1dd9",
            "title": "Iranian asylum seeker exposed to torture by Australia, UN finds",
            "description": "The United Nations committee has determined Australia breached its international legal obligations by allegedly exposing an asylum seeker from Iran to torture in immigration detention.",
            "content": "Former Manus Island detainee Behrouz Boochani says Iranian asylum seekers are \"suffering\" in Australia, after a United Nations committee this week found Australia breached its international legal obligations by allegedly exposing an asylum seeker fro... [4777 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-16/iranian-asylum-seeker-exposed-to-torture-australian-detention-un/106234112",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e0db011c24f9d4b3c501dc6b5479fa82?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=160&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-16T03:41:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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