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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 APIAPI 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": 146816,
"articles": [
{
"id": "6cf2682e95df8210f446c70466e039bd",
"title": "The security breach that exposed Donald Trump to a shooting incident",
"description": "A shooting incident at a Washington dinner attended by Donald Trump has prompted a swirl of questions about how an alleged shooter breached Secret Service security and got so close to the US president.",
"content": "The shots rang out just after dinner began, when Donald Trump, JD Vance and other senior US officials were chatting on a dais in the ballroom of the Washington Hilton hotel.\nOne level above, secret agents were hot on the tail of a man armed with a sh... [11801 chars]",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-28/security-flaws-shooting-donald-trump-washington/106610416",
"image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/5190abfbe6ac7b912e2485e65e93d37b?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1238&cropW=2200&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-27T18:42:34Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
"name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
}
},
{
"id": "b91cdbf15550cf9697ce7c59a1b8da7b",
"title": "US live updates: Melania Trump’s fury at Jimmy Kimmel ‘expectant widow’ joke",
"description": "Welcome to our live updates of events in the US.",
"content": "Welcome to our live updates of events in the US.\nThe chief suspect in the security scare at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, which saw US President Donald Trump whisked out of the building to safety, will face court on Monday, US t... [1262 chars]",
"url": "https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/us-live-updates/live-coverage/2e6b2f078ed38f29d5ab15af99599149",
"image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/e5b37d0218d093f48920c1caa17fbaaa",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-27T18:08:10Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
"name": "News.com.au",
"url": "https://www.news.com.au"
}
},
{
"id": "287783aa1c6e35978a6f1fc6d282283b",
"title": "Cool as a cucumber: man calmly ate salad as press dinner shooting unfolded",
"description": "Michael Glantz, a senior talent agent, says he ‘wasn’t scared’ and ‘wanted to watch’ as chaos broke out at the event",
"content": "A guest at the White House correspondents’ dinner retained his table manners and was spotted calmly tucking into his salad course on Saturday, soon after gunfire rang out and heavily armed Secret Service agents swarmed into the ballroom of the Washin... [1662 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/27/correspondents-dinner-shooting-salad",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/990a1d7bc4f2dc212361e99da93253d122f6402e/0_0_2689_2152/master/2689.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=459f7fdfd44232a45f6b5172de9c97bb",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-27T16:57:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
}
]
}