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Australia World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

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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": 160740,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ee99fcca6469f09857a8ea54e0015c5b",
            "title": "Australia to remain in talks on action in the Strait of Hormuz as ceasefire takes effect",
            "description": "Defence Minister Richard Marles says discussions will continue about Australia's involvement in ensuring the Strait of Hormuz remains open.",
            "content": "Ongoing discussions are taking place about how to ensure the Strait of Hormuz remains open as a ceasefire takes hold, and what role Australia might play, Defence Minister Richard Marles says.\nMr Marles is visiting Japan for talks with Japanese counte... [4413 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/australia-talks-securing-strait-of-hormuz-as-ceasefire-starts/106543852",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/f3ff9d01afc5de1ca4af1a8229a957de?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=3510&cropW=6240&xPos=0&yPos=1&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T09:00:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b9f0f7bea99bddf73a828adae941bc21",
            "title": "Trump agrees to two-week ceasefire subject to Strait of Hormuz reopening; Kharg Island struck by US; Israel strikes Iran infrastructure",
            "description": "Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.",
            "content": "Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says it has accepted a two-week ceasefire in the war between the US-Israel and Iran, and will reopen the Strait of Hormuz for the duration of the pause.\nThe statement comes after US President Donald Trump said... [9282 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-trump-warns-a-whole-civilisation-will-die-if-iran-fails-to-make-a-deal-before-deadline-us-strikes-kharg-island-albanese-to-visit-singapore-to-secure-fuel-20260407-p5zm1a.html?post=p5a8mx",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_1.3238%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_49/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/0c09373efdb17416ea436c2402edbf8fb7b0b65fb2bf7a611f4334f9520cb5be",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T07:36:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4bcb97079237d1c5bdb296b5cee32369",
            "title": "Government accused of war crime after calling on citizens to protect power plants from Donald Trump threats",
            "description": "Iranian footage leaves no doubt about the regime’s objectives – it wants to put people between the missiles and the targets and increase the civilian death toll.",
            "content": "Advertisement\nTrump stands accused, but a chilling message has exposed Iran’s own war crime\nApril 8, 2026 — 3:30pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nSave this article for later\nAdd art... [4960 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/trump-stands-accused-but-a-chilling-message-has-exposed-iran-s-own-war-crime-20260408-p5zm1w.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.27567067530064754%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_43%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_metro_analysis_no_age_social_wm/814003ba5f3884ab321e521ce0652894831bd2f8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T05:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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