Australia World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

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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": 153344,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d6aa07ea05e671901a09fb93db53a3c7",
            "title": "Donald Trump skips son's wedding due to his 'love of the United States'",
            "description": "US President Donald Trump misses his son's wedding ceremony in the Bahamas, citing his \"love of the United States\" as a key reason to stay in Washington.",
            "content": "US President Donald Trump has missed his son's wedding ceremony in the Bahamas, citing his \"love of the United States\" as a key reason to stay in Washington.\nDonald Trump Jr and Bettina Anderson held an intimate ceremony on Saturday, after being offi... [1972 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-24/trump-skips-sons-wedding-love-of-united-states/106716106",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/a456f3e71f483baf12f68b3a2d2ff6cc?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2811&cropW=4998&xPos=2&yPos=114&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T07:33:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a97ef32fe8762ca3efdf4ff602a5025f",
            "title": "Hunger increasingly used as weapon of war as ‘food-related violence’ surges, analysis shows",
            "description": "More than 20,000 attacks on markets, farmland and food distribution systems have been recorded since 2018",
            "content": "Hunger is being increasingly exploited as a weapon of war with more than 20,000 documented incidents of “food-related violence” in the past eight years, new analysis reveals.\nAttacks include 1,261 strikes on markets used by families for daily groceri... [3458 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/may/24/hunger-weapon-of-war-food-violence-surges",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f428ad0e4cf717eb6e16d62e3d1369c851836ee6/1043_0_5193_4157/master/5193.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=878bf12d2ae0204244ba62304ab986b2",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T06:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c0b48db8f30d2a37de4e4fd2227984e7",
            "title": "Iran breakthrough: Trump says deal to end war on cusp of being signed",
            "description": "The apparent breakthrough was announced following a call between the US president and the leaders of America’s Gulf allies on Saturday, US time.",
            "content": "Updated May 24, 2026 — 1:54pm,first published May 24, 2026 — 7:17am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nWashington: A deal to end the war in Iran is being negotiated this weekend and is ... [6162 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/iran-breakthrough-trump-says-deal-to-end-war-on-cusp-of-being-signed-20260524-p6001r.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2536%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_191%2C$y_164/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/ebc7dfdab0219c603123832aa97097c5c67228db",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T03:54:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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