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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": 147218,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4df3dab822033f7344d6b12610952104",
            "title": "Six people arrested on suspicion of deactivating fire alarms at Hong Kong fire apartment complex",
            "description": "Authorities are continuing to probe the blaze which killed at least 159 people last week.",
            "content": "Authorities have arrested six people on suspicion of deactivating fire alarms during renovation works at the site of Hong Kong's deadly high-rise blaze last week, as the death toll rose to 159 people.\nPolice said the youngest person who died in the f... [3253 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/six-arrested-over-fire-alarm-deactivation-at-hong-kong-fire-site/106099460",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/ff2b8b3be4344a340cd5ec25ef7bc368?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=522&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-03T17:29:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fe2677ea1ef8a2a94c50f327b533b3e3",
            "title": "EU former top diplomat Federica Mogherini charged in 'fraud and corruption' probe",
            "description": "European prosecutors are investigating suspicions of fraud related to an EU-funded training scheme for junior diplomats.",
            "content": "In short:\nThe EU's former foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has been charged along with two others in a probe into \"fraud and corruption\".\nThe 52-year-old Italian was detained for questioning along with the school's deputy rector as well as Ste... [2684 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/eu-ex-top-diplomat-charged-in-fraud-and-corruption-probe/106099332",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e9b232da94d648fc84e34a1f7907e0fc?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1286&cropW=2289&xPos=342&yPos=334&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-03T14:22:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "62ada669f90e69d5f2c4acb187d66497",
            "title": "Sanchar Saathi: India scraps order to pre",
            "description": "The order to make the registration mandatory had led to a major backlash from several cyber experts.",
            "content": "India has scrapped an order making it mandatory for smartphone makers to preload a state-run cyber safety app on new phones after a public furore.\nThe order - passed last week but made public on Monday - gave smartphone makers 90 days to pre-load new... [1756 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clydg2re4d1o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/47e3/live/fa766250-d032-11f0-be7e-2de49272c144.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-03T10:39:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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