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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": 155892,
"articles": [
{
"id": "4a7efb1febae262bdd406cc978d43eaf",
"title": "Giant of British art David Hockney dies aged 88 after decades inspired by southern California",
"description": "British artist David Hockney, whose paintings of pools shimmering in the Los Angeles sunshine became icons of 20th-century art, dies aged 88.",
"content": "Artist David Hockney, whose paintings of pools shimmering in the Los Angeles sunshine became icons of 20th-century art, has died at the age of 88, his publicist has announced.\nHockney was born in the north of England but lived much of his life in Sou... [2533 chars]",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-12/david-hockney-dies-at-age-of-88-british-artist-who-moved-to-usa/106793234",
"image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/ccd00bdfb3eac8d6a7622e04ea6c050e?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1282&cropW=2290&xPos=0&yPos=624&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-12T10:42:24Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
"name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
}
},
{
"id": "4d62f36209daadf21f0b425f45b7aea5",
"title": "Two dead as Taliban opens fire at protest after women arrested for dress code violations",
"description": "The protest followed the arrests of dozens of women for alleged dress code violation in the Afghan city of Herat.",
"content": "At least two people have been killed during a Taliban crackdown on a protest in Afghanistan against the arrests of women for allegedly violating dress code regulations.\nEyewitnesses said they saw Taliban police open fire during a demonstration attend... [5468 chars]",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-12/afghanistan-women-taliban-two-killed-protest-against-dress-code/106792688",
"image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/b8d3d20b56f548b8d5872c81afe902cc?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=347&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-12T09:03:50Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
"name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
}
},
{
"id": "a4b0e32015b6efafc05b2b09f67b1c32",
"title": "‘Spy turtles’ and ‘spy fish’ being used to monitor Chinese waters, Beijing claims",
"description": "Ministry of state security says animals fitted with sensors by foreign agencies are ‘collecting sensitive marine data’",
"content": "China’s ministry of state security has claimed that foreign espionage and intelligence agencies are using innovative new methods to monitor the country’s waters, including deploying “spy” animals fitted with sensors.\nIn a post on the Chinese platform... [2341 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/12/china-spy-turtles-spy-fish-monitor-waters-claims",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e03fff08087b75b8ffb68f85b25d520d04019d91/507_0_3413_2731/master/3413.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=2c91ebb6d95ccf993f165bfc85633123",
"publishedAt": "2026-06-12T07:28:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
}
]
}