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": 168884,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a57d733dcbcffdd4e5899e50509e394e",
            "title": "Losses for UK Labour and wins for Reform in local elections",
            "description": "Partial results from local elections in England show big losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer's governing...",
            "content": "Partial results from local elections in England show big losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer's governing Labour Party and gains for the hard-right party Reform UK.\nThe votes are being widely seen as an unofficial referendum on Starmer, whose popul... [3838 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/world/uk-local-election-farage-reform-surge-labour-starmer-take-hit/4b37fdd7-66f1-42e1-8d60-a86c7984e093",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/fzUgrgj2FkN9hBdOcdtbYRkc6hE=/42x173:1565x1031/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F32279b09-1cbf-491e-abed-01047aefba90",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T09:53:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "347653223f6a661dacc7bbf1b479de6a",
            "title": "Eruption of Mount Dukono in Indonesia kills three people",
            "description": "Mount Dukono erupted on Friday morning, local time, sending plumes of ash some 10 kilometres into the sky.",
            "content": "In short:\nThree people have been killed after a volcano erupted in Indonesia.\nLocal authorities say 17 other hikers were rescued following the eruption.\nMount Dukono had been closed to visitors since the middle of April due to increased volcanic acti... [1731 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-08/indonesian-volcano-mount-dukono-eruption-forces-hiker-rescue/106659404",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/a67a43d6113f6894dfc287c37d621183?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=405&cropW=720&xPos=0&yPos=731&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T08:40:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c6f0526b7bae1ed43c4c067674f69d64",
            "title": "Indonesia volcano kills three as search for 20 missing hikers under way",
            "description": "Mount Dukono erupts on Halmahera island, trapping hikers who went to the area despite it being closed since April 17.",
            "content": "Indonesian authorities are searching for 20 missing hikers after the eruption of Mount Dukono on Halmahera island killed three people.\nMount Dukono, an active volcano, erupted at 07:41am local time on Friday (22:41 GMT on Thursday), spouting a tower ... [1632 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/8/indonesia-volcano-kills-three-as-search-for-missing-hikers-continues",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/reuters_69fd8fd0-1778225105.jpg?resize=1200%2C675",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T07:43:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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