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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": 149188,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "aee6305d9eee9f447e4ff8d27a8a7c05",
            "title": "The best of the long read in 2025",
            "description": "The long read: Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the year",
            "content": "The mysterious novelist who foresaw Putin’s Russia – and then came to symbolise its moral decay – Sophie Pinkham\nVictor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship ... [5882 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/23/the-best-of-the-long-read-in-2025",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1a25088e04151a757cd1c2a0212bb5ae0d83976b/0_0_5000_4000/master/5000.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=3cb4642a93eb05e41c1b32858ad43f35",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-23T05:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6c1908b2e75ded04fa753010ce91c77c",
            "title": "Trump complains Epstein files are damaging people who ‘innocently met’ him",
            "description": "In his first comments since the release, the president expressed sympathy for high-profiles figures, including Bill Clinton, who have come under scrutiny",
            "content": "Donald Trump has broken his silence on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, complaining that people who “innocently met” the convicted paedophile could have their reputations destroyed.\nIn his first comments since the justice department began re... [3148 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/23/trump-complains-epstein-files-are-damaging-people-who-innocently-met-him",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ef461379f3602acafc5a836a186c82bca7f5d1ab/364_0_3632_2906/master/3632.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=292fb7e56b93c7ab35d01cac8411fa9a",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-23T02:18:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f9cdc256952fbbf5142ab73626a81ae2",
            "title": "British man charged with repeatedly drugging and raping a woman, now his ex-wife",
            "description": "British authorities have charged a man with repeatedly drugging and raping a woman who is now his ex-wife o...",
            "content": "British authorities have charged a man with repeatedly drugging and raping a woman who is now his ex-wife over a 13-year period, officials said Monday.\nFive other men have been charged with sexual offences against the same woman.\nPhilip Young, 49, ha... [1025 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/world/a-british-man-is-charged-with-repeatedly-drugging-and-raping-a-woman-now-his-exwife/ea6ef726-b11c-4459-9b62-569bcdd97b1c",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/PSYyA0Hzq38uSp5kORNfQQu7XgA=/0x402:3864x2575/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F710d39ef-b233-421a-9e8f-26c8a0beff66",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-23T01:49:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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