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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": 159658,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "00896e420fd548e96575bb0b6c4b91f3",
            "title": "Trump official says US did not censor Colbert interview but is probing The View",
            "description": "The confirmation of a probe into the daytime talk show came after it interviewed the same Democratic candidate whose interview with Stephen Colbert was allegedly barred from airing.",
            "content": "The chair of the Federal Communications Commission is denying that the US government sought to censor CBS late-night show Stephen Colbert from airing a candidate interview.\nFCC Chair Brendan Carr also confirmed that the FCC had opened an enforcement ... [2747 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-19/fcc-confirms-investigation-into-the-view/106361394",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/7b0749fe7a599b2d94062c4cb4592eaf?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1257&cropW=2235&xPos=119&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T19:01:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "854ea42ba9971af822ac72643e65fc0b",
            "title": "China Doesn't Need to Sink Navy Aircraft Carriers to Defeat Them",
            "description": "China’s anti-carrier strategy was born in the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis: find the flattop, build the kill chain, and force U.S. stand-off.",
            "content": "Summary and Key Points: In the 1995–1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, U.S. carrier groups exposed a painful Chinese reality: Beijing could not reliably find, track, or threaten American flattops operating near Taiwan.\n-That lesson hardened into a blueprint.... [9310 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.19fortyfive.com/2026/02/china-doesnt-need-to-sink-navy-aircraft-carriers-to-defeat-them/",
            "image": "https://www.19fortyfive.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/USS-Enterprise-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T14:26:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "647d345feafacf2d559eb08d5c02f11a",
                "name": "19FortyFive",
                "url": "https://www.19fortyfive.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1dc95af7619b23fdc7569c5e3c3b91f2",
            "title": "IDF colonel: Israel's home front prepared for Iran threat",
            "description": "\"In terms of fortification, we are prepared. We are trained to respond in the event of an incident,\" said Col. Neuman.",
            "content": "Amid escalating tensions with Iran and growing concerns over threats to Israel’s home front, Col. (res.) Nir Neuman says Israel is ready to face Tehran's threat.\n“I say first of all that in terms of fortification, we are prepared. We are trained to r... [4831 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-886812",
            "image": "https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/667920",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T10:27:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "78834c45a26f98bca295cc641123cf7f",
                "name": "The Jerusalem Post",
                "url": "https://www.jpost.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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