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": 173492,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e8d1e0f2a36527d97344c8368ecd2587",
            "title": "Death Cafe aims to break mortality taboo over tea and cake",
            "description": "The Death Cafe concept began in Switzerland in the 2000s to help people \"make the most of our finite lives\". Now, the concept has spread globally.",
            "content": "Trudy Walker sits in a cafe by the sea talking to more than a dozen strangers about the recent death of her father-in-law, who had dementia.\nShe's animated.\n\"He went so gently. It was just an absolutely glorious experience,\" the newly graduated socia... [7206 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-07/death-cafes-challenge-mortality-taboo/106749568",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/f0e94ea2833ea66ddf1bb219e51ddd66?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T21:09:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5fd1249e66334cee71b42700d5288716",
            "title": "Trump pardons former Republican congressman convicted of insider trading",
            "description": "Donald Trump pardoned Stephen Buyer of Indiana, who served nearly two years in prison after conviction",
            "content": "As his administration promotes what it calls a crackdown on fraud in states run by Democrats, Donald Trump once again used the pardon power to excuse financial crimes committed by a Republican, granting a pardon this week to Stephen Buyer, a former R... [2448 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/06/trump-pardons-stephen-buyer-insider-trading",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/eeee189ea48f010ce1cd54edbd30fd060cb40485/229_0_2917_2333/master/2917.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=ac8d59c3a64d3063b4a0a8b73ee2499a",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T20:23:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7a7c3fef41c523651d5e4fa95533572b",
            "title": "Pope Leo urges leaders not to 'fan the flames of polarisation' during visit to Spain",
            "description": "Pope Leo urges global leaders not to \"fan the flames of polarisation\" to gain popularity, warning of the artificial environment created by new technologies.",
            "content": "Pope Leo has urged global leaders to avoid dividing their electorates with \"sterile simplifications\" to gain popularity, calling on leaders to listen to the world's cries for peace, in a speech opening his tour of Spain.\nLeo appealed to Spaniards, es... [3150 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-07/pope-leo-visits-spain/106768628",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/22d0de4595ac83638a03272ef3bcd038?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T19:55:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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