Australia World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

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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": 163490,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "13725eaaff84958ef26487aaa6c977d4",
            "title": "Strait of Hormuz closed again",
            "description": "Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.",
            "content": "Pinned post from 4.31am\nGo to latest\nWhat you need to know\nBy\nThank you for joining our continuing live coverage of the war in the Middle East.\nHere’s a recap of the latest developments:\nUS President Donald Trump said Iran “can’t blackmail us” over t... [7156 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-iran-can-t-blackmail-us-says-trump-ships-attacked-as-strait-of-hormuz-closed-again-iran-reviews-new-us-proposals-20260418-p5zp2p.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/w_800%2Ch_450%2Cc_fill%2Cg_auto:faces/q_86%2Cf_auto/b69027fc2286f3f590710ee95d81dae1845ebd0fd1751fc38a90d009d5c61bf8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-19T00:39:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c603a60ac40ff998dd7aeead5e4953dc",
                "name": "Brisbane Times",
                "url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a9646ce41ffe1c1719d216a31e0328bf",
            "title": "King Charles is about to meet Trump and the timing could not be worse",
            "description": "With relations between the US and the UK in the doldrums, King Charles will have to tackle an increasingly erratic US President in his home turf.",
            "content": "April 19, 2026 — 9:00am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nSave this article for later\nAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.\nLondon: King Charles seemed to work... [7463 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/king-charles-is-about-to-meet-trump-and-the-timing-could-not-be-worse-20260418-p5zoz0.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.293%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_9%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_metro_analysis_no_age_social_wm/febfd538b758c9e1a006c2354bad25899de0d0cf",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T23:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9e8305b80b214b5ccb143c2245178110",
            "title": "Strait of Hormuz closed again",
            "description": "Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.",
            "content": "Pinned post from 4.31am\nGo to latest\nWhat you need to know\nBy\nThank you for joining our continuing live coverage of the war in the Middle East.\nHere’s a recap of the latest developments:\nUS President Donald Trump said Iran “can’t blackmail us” over t... [7389 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-iran-can-t-blackmail-us-says-trump-ships-attacked-as-strait-of-hormuz-closed-again-iran-reviews-new-us-proposals-20260418-p5zp2p.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/w_800%2Ch_450%2Cc_fill%2Cg_auto:faces/q_86%2Cf_auto/b69027fc2286f3f590710ee95d81dae1845ebd0fd1751fc38a90d009d5c61bf8",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T21:17:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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