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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": 159960,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "07f9d6314ee81d76885b1db39a01e26c",
            "title": "Middle East crisis live: Pakistan says agreed ceasefire includes Lebanon; Iran will allow ‘conditional passage’ through strait of Hormuz",
            "description": "US president says he will hold off using ‘destructive force’ following talks with Pakistan; Tehran says negotiations with US to start Friday in Islamabad",
            "content": "From 2h ago\nTrump agrees to suspend bombing of Iran for two weeks\nDonald Trump has announced that he will suspend his threatened bombing of Iran’s energy infrastructure and bridges for two weeks.\nIn a post on Truth Social he says that it is condition... [10877 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/07/iran-war-live-updates-trump-hormuz-threats-deadline-strikes-middle-east-conflict?page=with:block-69d5a06b8f082af210bc5876",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/182c7b3bcfb08f7a01e6c4829aed02b80686aa02/338_0_4760_3806/master/4760.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=6aec3e956879a32866d8aa7cf71613f5",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T00:28:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8abd245cd0d0bbd7442520420d7b5526",
            "title": "‘Beginning of the end?’ Oil price falls raise hope of relief at the pump",
            "description": "Immediately after United States President Donald Trump’s ceasefire announcement, the cost of Brent oil, the global benchmark, plunged more than 15 per cent to below $US91 ($130) a barrel, while US-traded West Texas Intermediate was more than 16 per cent lower.",
            "content": "Sharp falls in global oil markets on Wednesday have sparked hopes the two-week ceasefire in Iran may mark the “beginning of the end” for Australia’s record-breaking petrol and diesel prices, so long as the conflict does not resume and ships are allow... [2859 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/business/markets/oil-prices-plummet-after-us-iran-announce-hormuz-reopening-during-two-week-ceasefire-20260408-p5zm4l.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1765%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_110/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/ece76e903cd92e26d169ec9708bb754756206d24",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T00:27:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c7d600abea494502a838251e8e0d40cc",
            "title": "After 15 years, I’m leaving Trump’s America and coming home to Australia. It feels like an escape",
            "description": "I no longer wish to live in a country where performative cruelty has become the guiding principle of government",
            "content": "When not firing off social media posts threatening potential war crimes against 93 million Iranians, Donald Trump is busy quietly killing the so-called American dream. With gasoline at US$4 a gallon, credit card debt hitting a record US$1.28tn, and s... [5056 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/08/escaping-trumps-america-democracy-australia",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5193825b7d51f674206b67288414fa32d64609cd/252_0_3780_3024/master/3780.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctb3BpbmlvbnMucG5n&enable=upscale&s=afb9e9ce62983d35879875ee8aae5b03",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T23:53:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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