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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": 172770,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7eecb219918502d52752b9583b3c6566",
            "title": "King Charles to woo Trump and restore 'closest of friendships' on US visit",
            "description": "King Charles will have tea and a private meeting with US President Donald Trump during his US state visit later this month, with trips to Washington, New York and Virginia.",
            "content": "King Charles will have tea and a private meeting with US President Donald Trump during his US state visit later this month, as the British government hopes his \"soft power\" can heal a damaging rift between the allies caused by the Iran war.\nThe monar... [2725 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-15/king-charles-and-donald-trump-on-us-visit/106566172",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e34a5b56abf973db36c32046b85ea8a6?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1690&cropW=3005&xPos=0&yPos=59&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-15T01:24:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6687aae18cbe5575c57b340b7d6dc771",
            "title": "A chronicle of conflict pours in as reporter's phone turns on after three years",
            "description": "As the conflict enters its fourth year, journalist Mohamed Suleiman shudders at what has been lost.",
            "content": "Three years of messages at once - a chronicle of Sudan's war pours in as trapped reporter's phone turns on\nSoon after Mohamed Suleiman entered the telecoms office in the coastal city of Port Sudan on 13 January he started to cry.\nHe hadn't heard his ... [9116 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy01d1g0rrjo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/5a72/live/45b6f420-37f1-11f1-bf98-335695df34d3.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-14T23:13:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d327007e04dee08d008f9faf3370244f",
            "title": "Health of boy thrown from Tate Modern takes ‘sad step backwards’, family say",
            "description": "French child, six at time of 2019 attack, suffers setback in recovery after January operation",
            "content": "The family of a boy thrown from the 10th-storey balcony of the Tate Modern seven years ago said it feels as though his recovery has taken a “sad step backwards” after surgery.\nThe unnamed French child was six when he was seriously hurt in an attack b... [1562 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/14/health-of-boy-thrown-from-tate-moderns-10th-floor-worsens",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/62d879591b25451d9bbc5c507c755c2930077429/805_0_4285_3427/master/4285.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=7b98dd232ef44aef7b7a917b14b136c0",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-14T23:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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