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": 157604,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8c8ebe69cef33dba9ff3ee24ad6ff8a8",
            "title": "Albury Wodonga to host US weapons store amid China threat",
            "description": "A “war-ready” weapons dump is being built for the US Marine Corps in Victoria as concerns grow for the ability of allied forces in the Pacific to survive a Chinese missile “first strike”.",
            "content": "A “war-ready” weapons dump is being built for the US Marine Corps in Victoria as concerns grow for the ability of allied forces in the Pacific to survive a Chinese missile “first strike”.\nThe United States navy has reportedly allocated $42 million to... [8639 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/us-marine-corps-builds-warready-weapons-dump-in-victoria-amid-china-fears/news-story/ef24940b8a068deedd0257590bc478a8",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/b89d596c035657560b34c388cc383815",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-17T08:22:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8c225735a2e7d2294aaef01011e096dd",
            "title": "Iran war day 110: Tehran says Israeli attacks on Lebanon threaten US deal",
            "description": "Iran warns of a ‘harsh response’ as Lebanon attacks test the US deal and strain Trump-Netanyahu ties.",
            "content": "Iran warns of a ‘harsh response’ as Lebanon attacks test the US deal and strain Trump-Netanyahu ties.\nShare\nIran has accused Israel of repeatedly violating the Lebanon truce linked to its agreement with the United States, warning that continued attac... [4188 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/17/iran-war-day-110-tehran-says-israeli-attacks-on-lebanon-threaten-us-deal",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026-06-15T090120Z_1373716932_RC25ULARH1P8_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-1781669198.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-17T07:27:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "08453dbb0f8ca45b1b0a7988cfd5bd93",
            "title": "Sudan's war is being labelled 'forgotten' even as atrocities are regularly committed",
            "description": "Sudanese Australians are kept up at night thinking of family and friends trapped as a result of one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.",
            "content": "Fourteen million people have been displaced, more than 33 million need humanitarian aid, at least 150,000 are dead and horrific atrocities and massacres occur frequently.\nHuman rights groups have reported these statistics and say sexual violence has ... [5162 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-17/sudans-forgotten-war-impacts-new-australians/106756468",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/0ae6e87a54c6c63c26048ce0ec542f81?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=3942&cropW=7008&xPos=0&yPos=365&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-17T07:11:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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