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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": 146902,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2811498b6b5fd6af92eefd8745b9059a",
            "title": "‘Times have changed’: Germany’s military seeks recruits as it confronts new era",
            "description": "As young men face new rules forcing them to indicate their readiness to serve, the Bundeswehr drums up support at a trade show",
            "content": "Sitting in the cramped interior of a Panzerhaubitze 2000 armoured vehicle, Tom, 20, hangs on every word coming from Achim, an officer with the German military, as he breathlessly talks students through the workings of “the most modern tank in the wor... [5694 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/28/germany-military-recruits-bundeswehr-new-rules-young-men",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b53776c0881b109c02f3cb664482c2b5f8958d48/96_0_5000_4000/master/5000.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=a5037e5901a35245b2d9c491f5e72dfc",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-28T07:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "25f5e0a517eb8eafa70303f39fc1010c",
            "title": "Taiwan's cunning tax compliance makes most shopping receipts a ticket in a lottery",
            "description": "Most shopping receipts in Taiwan are also tickets for a lottery run every second month by the government to increase tax compliance, and there are some big prizes up for grabs.",
            "content": "When shopping in Taiwan, people will almost always be asked the same question after paying — would you like a receipt?\nIf you say no and tell the sales assistant they can keep it, there's a good chance they will.\nMany Taiwanese people collect stacks ... [4567 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-28/taiwan-receipt-lottery-win-money-from-shopping/106140828",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/50b2ed8a9c874eb1ea84257c380e63fe?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=911&cropW=1619&xPos=0&yPos=152&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-28T05:18:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3505bba7085e9975ff7641f45738884a",
            "title": "‘Ferryman of the souls’: the man who helps Taiwan’s dead return home to China",
            "description": "Liu De-wen operates at a sensitive space in Taiwan’s history, as Beijing demands reunification with the island",
            "content": "In the leafy back blocks of a military cemetery in northern Taiwan, Liu De-wen strides through a room holding rows and rows of shelves. He stops and stoops to the lowest row, opening a small, ornate gold door. He pulls out an urn, bundles it into his... [6731 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/28/liu-de-wen-helping-taiwan-dead-return-to-china",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/986494d163aecbe83f7cfe6773bcb80cf0007c3d/411_0_4680_3744/master/4680.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=f8d52bcab22a3040f0329c7b042e5941",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-28T04:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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