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": 145960,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "10efb1d9bf5465cff554d7e430210f3e",
            "title": "Iran says Strait of Hormuz cannot be re",
            "description": "Iran's chief negotiator says \"violations\" by the US and Israel make it impossible to open the strait.",
            "content": "Iran says Strait of Hormuz cannot be opened due to ceasefire breaches\nIran's chief negotiator in talks with the US said it is \"not possible\" for the Strait of Hormuz to be opened due to \"the blatant violations of the ceasefire\" by the US and Israel.\n... [4243 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3w3vqv0edpo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/87cc/live/970c5e30-3e97-11f1-a4f7-2909a7c81847.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T23:00:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4d9caffffc8caa2f3ce4f3620947f229",
            "title": "Ships in Strait of Hormuz seized by IRCG; Trump extends ceasefire indefinitely; Israel-Lebanon talks in Washington approach",
            "description": "Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.",
            "content": "Pinned post from 4.38am\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 President Donald Trump extended the ceasefire in Iran indefi... [6570 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-iran-seizes-two-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz-trump-awaits-unified-proposal-from-islamic-republic-after-ceasefire-extension-20260422-p5zq70.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.3072407407407407%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_551%2C$y_283/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/f3408ff2b789a5d70055ec95349ed8361176a680",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T21:58:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fb2618f29e8bb60fc090a1b5804a0fa5",
            "title": "Hezbollah terrorists killed, infrastructure destroyed 24 hours before ceasefire",
            "description": "Among the terrorists killed was Ali Reza Abbas, commander of the Hezbollah unit operating in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil.",
            "content": "The IDF killed hundreds of Hezbollah terrorists and attacked infrastructure used by the terror group in the 24 hours before the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect, a statement on Sunday from the military revealed.\nDuring the IDF’s strik... [1262 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-893873",
            "image": "https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/717402",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T21:42:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "78834c45a26f98bca295cc641123cf7f",
                "name": "The Jerusalem Post",
                "url": "https://www.jpost.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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