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": 161788,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4dc50791f6461e58c1ba02bff6ceff8a",
            "title": "Most people will do anything to get away from danger. Kate Geraghty runs into it for photos like these",
            "description": "What makes a photo stand out when so many of us have become desensitised to images of war and suffering? Em...",
            "content": "What makes a photo stand out when so many of us have become desensitised to images of war and suffering?\nEmotion, according to Gold Walkley Award-winning photojournalist and Sydney Morning Herald chief photographer Kate Geraghty.\n\"It creates a conver... [4566 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-morning-herald-kate-geraghty-195-years-most-important-photos/cfe5d192-7c8f-4c62-92d4-bce3f6f75c47",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/H90vrmWcLnnqPXObXoIZie2_jpI=/683x525:5568x3272/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fb3832376-45b8-4984-b790-d8f78a218c42",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T21:08:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d5c0cf4ef0af20e24b1ce3d25516c613",
            "title": "Disarming the resistance in Lebanon is unlikely to be as easy as Donald Trump suggests",
            "description": "Donald Trump sold a ceasefire in Lebanon as a step towards peace. But that promise hinges on a condition that Lebanon may not be able to deliver.",
            "content": "When US President Donald Trump announced a new ceasefire in Lebanon after seven weeks of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, he sold it as a step towards lasting peace.\nBut that promise hinges on a condition that Lebanon may not be able to deliver... [7504 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-18/donald-trump-lebanon-israel-ceasefire-disarming-the-resistance/106578708",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/dc03a1b350fddddca168fd859bf7f8c2?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T20:21:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0304be0a7f06d742502bc34189c1415d",
            "title": "India, China hold 1st bilateral SCO talks after Ladakh thaw",
            "description": "India News: New Delhi: Amid efforts to ramp up bilateral cooperation, which followed the recent improvement in ties, India and China held their first Shanghai Coo.",
            "content": "PM Modi with Xi Jinping (PTI image)\nNew Delhi: Amid efforts to ramp up bilateral cooperation, which followed the recent improvement in ties, India and China held their first Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) bilateral consultations on April 16-... [1592 chars]",
            "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-china-hold-1st-bilateral-sco-talks-after-ladakh-thaw/articleshow/130342814.cms",
            "image": "https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130342838,width-1280,height-720,imgsize-41102,resizemode-6,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-600/photo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-17T20:21:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9c931d3332c3a87c89b804230892aa64",
                "name": "The Times of India",
                "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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