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": 147746,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c00e9f7b662d7acd7a0c31198fae3a4a",
            "title": "It’s fine to call the US president a fascist or a despot - but this one line really rattled the White House",
            "description": "At a time when there should be sympathy for Donald Trump and the White House, they make it so much harder by overplaying their hand.",
            "content": "April 28, 2026 — 3:45pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nWashington: One thing that struck but did not shock me about the response to Saturday night’s shooting incident at the Washing... [5589 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/it-s-fine-to-call-the-us-president-a-fascist-or-a-despot-but-this-one-line-really-rattled-the-white-house-20260428-p5zrn2.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.883%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_87%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_metro_analysis_no_age_social_wm/b637edd05aba3947c1907f2b2030ae43494a7cd7",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T05:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5b91aa1d71ea938714febc7a835caeec",
            "title": "Oil prices rise despite Iran’s proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz",
            "description": "Brent crude rises more than 2 percent despite Iran’s offer to reopen waterway in exchange for deferral of nuclear talks.",
            "content": "Oil prices are continuing to climb despite Iran’s proposal to end its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for deferring nuclear negotiations with the United States.\nBrent crude, the international benchmark, rose more than 2 percent on Tuesda... [1951 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/28/oil-prices-rise-despite-irans-proposal-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/AP26069129536301-1777344804.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T05:16:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f4995e8bb7e6344d3e173f931d7a9157",
            "title": "Global military spending hits record high amid warnings of new arms race",
            "description": "The world is spending more money on weapons than ever before, reaching nearly $4 trillion in 2025.",
            "content": "The world is spending more money on weapons than ever before.\nFor the 11th year in a row, global military spending surged in 2025, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).\nGovernments invested a total o... [6940 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-28/global-military-spending-hits-record-high-how-countries-rank/106611800",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/cbc95b010b69e54739fbafb075e41aba?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T04:49:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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