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": 145530,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6452d915541b7b1badee15bd68ef8c1e",
            "title": "Chinese tourist who died in Strathpether 'may have been in altercation'",
            "description": "Police initially said it was believed the man's death in Strathpeffer was a medical matter.",
            "content": "Police say a 63-year-old man who died in a street of a Highland village may have been involved in an altercation with a group of people.\nEmergency services were called to Strathpeffer's Main Street area at about 19:35 on Monday. BBC Scotland News und... [1096 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj94xgm9n2vo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/00a0/live/a3779360-3e29-11f1-8ba5-cfdd8d3337ac.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T14:25:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ec5beb7fd56a3ebf31380c4ed1b869c4",
            "title": "China says countries conducting war drills in Indo-Pacific are ‘playing with fire’",
            "description": "China has sent out a pointed warning to Australia and its partners, accusing them of “playing with fire” as one of the largest joint military exercises in the Indo-Pacific gets underway in the Philippines.",
            "content": "The annual “Balikatan” drills have expanded dramatically this year, bringing together more than 17,000 troops from the United States, Philippines, Australia, Japan and a widening circle of Western partners.\nSpread across the Philippine archipelago, t... [2568 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/china-says-countries-conducting-war-drills-in-indopacific-are-playing-with-fire/news-story/13c4ca7f530aeed8b1c76d7ffe6652eb",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/a04a08755390f1e231eb14b01a5f2647",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T13:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8476029d00e48343245bbde72958a3f0",
            "title": "The Australian",
            "description": "No Cookies | The Australian",
            "content": "Please note that by blocking any or all cookies you may not have access to certain features, content or personalization. For more information see our Cookie Policy.\nTo enable cookies, follow the instructions for your browser below.\nFacebook App: Open... [1735 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes",
            "image": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/wp-content/themes/newscorpau-news-dna/dist/images/fallback/fallback-theaustralian-169.svg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T12:30:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "30b44acf8108f4e5e172e6a0ef2da1cf",
                "name": "The Australian",
                "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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