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": 156486,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a8f449bfa194fea9a1d41c98dd254c95",
            "title": "US politics, Iran war live updates: Question Trump’s VP refuses to answer",
            "description": "Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the Middle East.",
            "content": "Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and the Middle East.\nJD Vance is in Switzerland for talks with Iran on trying to keep a peace deal on track after Tehran said it would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz due to Israel’s’ continuing attacks on ... [1213 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/us-politics-iran-war-live-updates/live-coverage/280c1d4a58b4c43045b7a394e805c013",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/a165c3adf36edd867b7dbeef8aeb2057",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-21T15:41:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c78fb78d7f057fec506df7f6dc22c829",
            "title": "Chaos in Mangione trial leaves observers guessing on defense strategy",
            "description": "Defense lawyers in trial over healthcare CEO killing may be backtracking over pursuit of psychiatric defense",
            "content": "Luigi Mangione’s Manhattan state court case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson spiraled into legal chaos last week, spurring speculation about defense strategy for his upcoming murder trial.\nThe most prominent element of this... [7258 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/21/luigi-mangione-trial-defense-strategy",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ee0d487fe2221afc2c21ff49d2c0c04fe9f5e9a/667_0_3333_2667/master/3333.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=9ad51c5cdd0ea658bf2d9b9e970952d0",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-21T14:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "681e24d685ee2da8f0e969bf634bcafe",
            "title": "Fuel sales suspended in Russian-occupied Crimea",
            "description": "Four people were killed and fuel sales were suspended in Russian-occupied Crimea, the Moscow-backed authorities there said on Sunday, after a massive Ukrainian barrage hit the Black Sea peninsula.",
            "content": "Ukraine said it targeted military and energy facilities in Crimea – Moscow’s key logistics base for its four-year military offensive – in one of the biggest attacks on the peninsula in recent months.\n“As a result of the enemy’s drone attack on the Ke... [2388 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/world/europe/fuel-sales-suspended-in-russianoccupied-crimea/news-story/39f2fb23a41da2f5d7c65a95d92cae82",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/74685aa93350c98f76a27cd45019c88e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-21T13:01:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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