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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": 139684,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "57c3430d89a53627d8ae023af95e6a13",
            "title": "Spain will ban social media for under-16s",
            "description": "Spain will ban social media for under-16s and require platforms to employ strict age verification tools, joining Australia, France and Denmark in moves to curb the influence of digital platforms on children.",
            "content": "Spain will ban social media for under-16s and require platforms to employ strict age verification tools, joining Australia, France and Denmark in moves to curb the influence of digital platforms on children.\n“Our children are exposed to a space they ... [1947 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/03/tech/spain-under-16-social-media-ban-intl",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-2259178724.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T12:11:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "658f37f0a51f01a933896ed86cd157bf",
            "title": "French police raid X offices in Paris as Musk ordered to face questions",
            "description": "A widening probe into the platform is investigating alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction.",
            "content": "In short:\nThe Parisian offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X have been raided by French police.\nThe investigation, initially about alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction, is now looking at the platform's AI chatbot.\nThe r... [1976 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/french-police-raid-x-offices-in-paris/106301984",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/a241657894f4d79f0c3ea0705f0f1f07?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1688&cropW=3000&xPos=0&yPos=156&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T11:15:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "26befb821cfbd762f37e27169ad35d8f",
            "title": "Russia resumes strikes on Ukraine, leaving hundreds of thousands without heating in freezing temperatures",
            "description": "The 71 missiles and 450 drones came a day before Ukrainian and Russian negotiators were due to meet for a second round of talks in Abu Dhabi.",
            "content": "Russia has launched its biggest drone and missile attack this year on Ukraine overnight, leaving hundreds of thousands without heating in freezing temperatures on Tuesday, just one day ahead of fresh talks aiming to find an end to the four-year war.\n... [3534 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/russia-strikes-ukraine-on-eve-of-peace-talks/106301878",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/655133db58de93c0a3a1e0fd910a5c6f?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T10:37:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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