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": 169084,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "834ed4a33f2df6e7015b3a68f143f72a",
            "title": "Donald Trump extends Iran ceasefire but continues Strait of Hormuz blockade",
            "description": "US President Donald Trump says he will hold off attacking Iran until Tehran's negotiating teams come up with a unified proposal for a peace deal.",
            "content": "US President Donald Trump says he will hold off on attacking Iran until Tehran's negotiating teams come up with a unified proposal for a peace deal.\nIn a social media post, Mr Trump said he would extend the current ceasefire until the Iranians submit... [926 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-22/trump-extends-iran-ceasefire-but-continues-blockade/106590964",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/1b37e552c8c577a225f8c4341b1bf29d?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T20:35:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "97dd16f196dd6be152e7e83d22fb8ba2",
            "title": "Iran war live updates: Donald Trump rules out extending ceasefire as the deadline looms with US",
            "description": "The US president has said he expects the bombing to resume if a peace deal is not struck. Follow live.",
            "content": "The European Union has agreed to increase sanctions against Iran to include those responsible for blocking the Strait of Hormuz.\nThe decision was made after a meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg overnight.\nEU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas s... [5184 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-22/iran-war-live-updates-/106588912",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/fb4473ebdf3dd517d209b5c03d856e54?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=289&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T18:08:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cf9d139f3cd00d004790c14babd31be7",
            "title": "US-Iran war live updates: Trump fumes at China after ‘not nice gift’ found on on seized Iranian ship",
            "description": "Welcome to our live updates of the US and Israel’s war with Iran.",
            "content": "Welcome to our live updates of the US and Israel’s war with Iran.\nDonald Trump has said he has “no choice” but to send a delegation for peace talks in Pakistan with officials from Tehran.\nBut the US president added that he was not minded to extend a ... [797 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/usiran-war-live-updates/live-coverage/aab952ff13bc4b05b3ffbd9692a26d88",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/ad260c01a06d7e54711b2efc9049d236",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T16:30:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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