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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": 166440,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9801a512f9d51a07b7e47b0f82f64c90",
            "title": "US-Iran war live updates: Iranian Speaker wants ceasefire in Lebanon before peace talks begin; Vance warns Iran not to ‘play’ US; Trump lashes out over Strait of Hormuz",
            "description": "Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.",
            "content": "Pinned post from 6.06pm\nGo to latest\nThe latest from the Middle East\nBy\nThank you for reading our rolling coverage of the crisis in the Middle East. Our live blog has ended for today and will resume tomorrow morning.\nHere’s a recap of the latest deve... [6970 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-trump-lashes-out-at-iran-over-strait-of-hormuz-vance-heads-to-pakistan-for-peace-talks-20260411-p5zn14.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2719%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_147%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/257f120c5ee67c7bc7e7f70405ab11d849597f04",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T06:03:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c603a60ac40ff998dd7aeead5e4953dc",
                "name": "Brisbane Times",
                "url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c91bfa58e422a31485c098c2413f590c",
            "title": "Israel's mass killing has forced Donald Trump to think about Lebanon",
            "description": "For weeks, Israel has been intensifying its deadly strikes across Lebanon, and Donald Trump has had little to say. But now he has been forced to make it a priority.",
            "content": "For weeks, Israel has been intensifying its deadly strikes across Lebanon, and the United States has had little to say about it.\nWhile the US has actively defended Israel's bombardment of Gaza, and it led the joint attacks in Iran, Lebanon has not ap... [7070 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-11/israels-mass-killing-has-forced-trump-to-think-about-lebanon/106554032",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/db9ff75b7fb77e7add00391bf0e44bc6?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=99&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T04:45:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fb98681c08015d1f81403156d836d517",
            "title": "US-Iran war live updates: Iranian Speaker wants ceasefire in Lebanon before peace talks begin; Vance warns Iran not to ‘play’ US; Trump lashes out over Strait of Hormuz",
            "description": "Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.",
            "content": "Pinned post from 4.31am\nGo to latest\nWhat you need to know\nBy\nThank you for joining our continuing live coverage of the war in the Middle East.\nHere’s a recap of the latest developments:\nUS Vice President JD Vance is on his way to Pakistan’s capital ... [9353 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-trump-lashes-out-at-iran-over-strait-of-hormuz-vance-heads-to-pakistan-for-peace-talks-20260411-p5zn14.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2719%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_147%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/257f120c5ee67c7bc7e7f70405ab11d849597f04",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T03:31:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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