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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": 151166,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "cf127186097f455ae33bdfac74a2ff44",
            "title": "X AI Grok blocked in Indonesia and Malaysia over explicit image generation as UK launches probe",
            "description": "The AI platform championed by Elon Musk has come under significant criticism in recent weeks for its production of non-consensual images.",
            "content": "Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.\nIt comes as B... [4116 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-12/grok-ai-blocked-in-indonesia-malaysia-over-explicit-images/106222336",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/66a09fe40b6c234568d8a33f044409e7?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1688&cropW=3000&xPos=0&yPos=101&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-12T12:53:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f7a08bc8888bb3dbcab70aa62cc3b331",
            "title": "Carney heads to Beijing as Trump’s America First agenda forces Canada into trade rethink",
            "description": "Canada’s PM seeks to smooth over past ructions in relationship with China as trade war takes its toll",
            "content": "During the final stretch of Canada’s spring election campaign, Mark Carney told a debate audience that China was the country’s “biggest geopolitical risk”. He pointed to its attempts to meddle in elections and its recent efforts to disrupt Canada’s A... [7692 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/12/carney-heads-to-beijing-as-trump-america-first-agenda-forces-canada-into-trade-rethink",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b4729c5b3bf225edb9f4b9ba4bdf6351e3d9f02b/445_199_5033_4027/master/5033.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=a12d37398ee1b0c8607daca0dc7745be",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-12T09:42:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a861e5bf470fa60fddb4ff37b2b0c5a5",
            "title": "Russia attacks UK defense chief with crude insult after Putin kidnapping remarks",
            "description": "\"The wet dreams of British perverts,\" Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.",
            "content": "Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova lashed out on Jan. 11 at British Defense Secretary John Healey after he said he would detain Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, calling the remarks \"the wet dreams of British pervert... [1614 chars]",
            "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/russia-attacks-uk-defense-chief-with-crude-insult/",
            "image": "https://assets.kyivindependent.com/content/images/2025/07/GettyImages-2220968053.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-12T09:07:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "77be3375c4c4b431f1d0e0a6ed40baa6",
                "name": "The Kyiv Independent",
                "url": "https://kyivindependent.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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