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": 165010,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4bf03df01d8a6bbc7b85feb1e2da4fcf",
            "title": "Middle East crisis live: ceasefire under pressure and talks in doubt as Iran threatens to ‘retaliate’ to US seizure of ship",
            "description": "Donald Trump said on Sunday that US marines had taken custody of a vessel that tried to get past the American blockade on Iranian ports",
            "content": "Key events\nShow key events only\nPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature\nMore than 5,000 killed since war began: report\nNow in its eighth week, the Iran war has killed more than 5,000 people across several countries.\nAt least 3,000 people have b... [3419 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/20/iran-war-latest-news-updates-live-hormuz-trump-us-iranian-ship-ceasefire-doubt",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/38ea08a8aadf4ad42de7840df22c917da498005a/658_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=089fbbd331c4577ea72b210ad23c277d",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-20T02:02:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8b89f28b8f88ca3e2c6f4a5dd5bd4aee",
            "title": "Latest US backflip delivers another blow to Ukraine”",
            "description": "A surprise decision by the Trump administration to extend the sale of Russian oil will add extra billions of dollars to Vladimir Putin’s coffers.",
            "content": "April 20, 2026 — 11:52am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nSave this article for later\nAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.\nUkraine has slammed a surprise US ... [3346 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/throwing-russia-lifeline-after-lifeline-latest-us-backflip-delivers-another-blow-to-ukraine-20260420-p5zp8y.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5171%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_96/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/698b1d59aadf778107def333edd1d1cccd01a44a1b5f02fad4c78b22559a62bd",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-20T01:52:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8f3f8ce8ca43859a39dc02812e3248f4",
            "title": "US-Iran war live updates: Trump says US seized Iranian ship in Strait of Hormuz; US delegation will head to Pakistan for second round of negotiations; Tehran rejects US peace talks",
            "description": "Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.",
            "content": "Thank you for joining our continuing live coverage of the war in the Middle East.\nHere’s a recap of the latest developments:\nThe US has seized control of an Iranian container ship, Donald Trump says, after it tried to evade the American naval blockad... [8218 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-trump-says-us-delegation-will-head-to-pakistan-for-second-round-of-negotiations-with-iran-tehran-rejects-us-peace-talks-and-says-it-will-not-participate-iranian-media-reports-20260419-p5zp8t.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5516%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/ce2cc07ebe79ca37cb3a76a4254245b187d07130f0dfdcb460bbda3d1197d771",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-20T00:43:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c603a60ac40ff998dd7aeead5e4953dc",
                "name": "Brisbane Times",
                "url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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