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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": 158682,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "159b8ee47a103d9b4806da9684030e81",
            "title": "How a working-class plumber threw a wrench in Starmer’s election plans",
            "description": "The special election in northern England was supposed to be neck-and-neck-and-neck: a three-way scrap between the governing Labour Party, fighting to keep control of a seat in its historic heartland, and two outsiders – the hard-right populist Reform UK party, and the new-look progressive Green Party. In the end, it wasn’t even close.",
            "content": "The special election in northern England was supposed to be neck-and-neck-and-neck: a three-way scrap between the governing Labour Party, fighting to keep control of a seat in its historic heartland, and two outsiders – the hard-right populist Reform... [6202 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/27/uk/britain-green-party-plumber-starmer-defeat-intl",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap26058187206707.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-27T14:04:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "36e60e6cbb3549051c9ba6c72cf8ac0b",
            "title": "Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026 awards features seals, ships, shrimp and sharks",
            "description": "More than 7,900 entries were submitted to the competition, with stunning images featuring seal pups, a sunken ship, shrimp and sharks.",
            "content": "Australian photographer Matty Smith has been named Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) 2026 for his image of a pair of southern elephant seal pups in a rockpool on the Falkland Islands.\nNamed “Rockpool Rookies,” the photograph was named the ove... [2218 chars]",
            "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/27/travel/underwater-photographer-year-2026-scli-intl",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/401kazushigehoriguchi.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-27T10:50:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1caffb1715673869a53a961146a264bf",
            "title": "Indian court closes corruption case against former Delhi chief minister",
            "description": "Arvind Kejriwal was arrested in March 2024, weeks before India's general election, and spent months in jail.",
            "content": "A court in India has closed a corruption case against former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal almost two years after he was arrested and held in jailed for months.\nThe Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader was arrested in March 2024, weeks before India's g... [2102 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg14d5y07xo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/bc8a/live/93468770-13b4-11f1-9ab4-edb1bbd74a92.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-27T10:47:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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