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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": 154998,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3cb2606d33b2009b40306d0bee28b013",
            "title": "Minister 'horrified' West Midlands Police chief still in job",
            "description": "Health Secretary Wes Streeting says Craig Guildford has put \"a stain on his character\".",
            "content": "Minister 'horrified' police chief still in job\nA senior Cabinet minister has said he will be \"horrified\" if the chief constable of West Midlands Police is still in post by the end of the day.\nHealth Secretary Wes Streeting told Times Radio Craig Guil... [2381 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20z1pq93dlo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b711/live/8dfb9890-f1eb-11f0-b5f7-49f0357294ff.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-15T08:40:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4c0d6b16a13a40c2a41a880a47db61f7",
            "title": "Negin Ghadimi wanted to share her voice in protest with Iranians, she died in her father's arms",
            "description": "Like so many Iranian-Australians, Morteza Khandani has been desperate for any news of his family in Iran.",
            "content": "Like so many Iranian-Australians, Morteza Khandani has been desperate for any news of his family in Iran.\nTwo days ago he was able to confirm the worst. His niece, Negin Ghadimi, had been killed in anti-government protests.\n\"We feel devastated,\" Mr K... [4598 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-15/iran-protests-negin-ghadimi-dies-speaking-out-blood-in-streets/106233624",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/4ed2f235d2899bdc072dca8625e17b67?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=658&cropW=1170&xPos=0&yPos=428&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-15T08:01:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1060bb9c16eb77efca965d36a1743941",
            "title": "Second fatal crane collapse tied to same company, Thai minister says",
            "description": "A second fatal crane collapse in two days has been linked to the same construction company, a Thai minister says.",
            "content": "The building company involved in the crane failure that killed two people near Bangkok is the same one linked to the crane that collapsed on a train that left 32 people dead yesterday, a Thai minister says.\nCar dash-cam footage verified by AFP showed... [3155 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-15/second-crane-collapse-linked-to-same-thai-italian-company/106234382",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e278e5f982910b6d5cbecbe7aa11a3cd?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=521&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-15T07:56:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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