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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": 163072,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e08e597c8ca276ba92d9cc5527028492",
            "title": "Middle East crisis live: Israel launches fresh strikes on Tehran; Iran claims to have targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq",
            "description": "Tehran says it hit groups ‘opposed to the revolution’, amid reports the US is looking to arm Kurdish militias",
            "content": "Key events\nShow key events only\nPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature\nIran claims strikes on Kurds in Iraq\nIran says it has targeted Kurdish groups in Iraq and warned “separatist groups” against action in the widening war.\nTehran said on Thur... [7371 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/05/iran-war-latest-updates-canada-carney-trump-israel-tehran-strikes?page=with:block-69a905fa8f08b6123206a146",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c9ac912d53c623ac79c41cf1182e9b18ea2fdbaf/1000_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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=f9a75da0536a11a304802a9601246cf8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T08:59:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0e4bb441571768d62a341016dd900f9c",
            "title": "lipped on claims Australians were aboard US sub that sank Iranian warship",
            "description": "The federal government won't confirm if any Australian personnel were on a US fast-attack submarine that sank an Iranian warship, despite dozens of ADF members rotating through US submarines for training.",
            "content": "The federal government says it cannot answer questions over whether Australian personnel were on board the American submarine that sank an Iranian frigate.\nAustralian personnel have been embedded on American fast-attack submarines for months in prepa... [2623 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-05/claims-australian-soldiers-on-us-sub-iranian-warship/106421552",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/aedbdd4b712d11b69c3a5e64a5ef579e?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=900&cropW=1600&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T08:45:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "80a86cb4489f20c1d2775cb018357cf7",
            "title": "Cyprus criticises UK response to drone strikes ahead of Healey visit",
            "description": "The Cypriot government has criticised how the UK has handled information sharing after drone attacks.",
            "content": "The Cypriot government has criticised the UK's response to drone attacks against an RAF base on the island ahead of a visit by Defence Secretary John Healey later.\nCypriot High Commissioner to the UK Dr Kyriacos Kouros told BBC Newsnight Cypriots wer... [2090 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0e55y0pzgwo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0eac/live/650adf00-1869-11f1-8f1d-d7bdb1ea156f.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T08:44:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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