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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": 144602,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5dacc7199187b41ecd499ea9eb942aa8",
            "title": "UK MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to prison in Bangladesh in corruption case linked to her aunt, former PM Sheikh Hasina",
            "description": "Tulip Siddiq says the decision should be treated with \"contempt\", while her political party says she was not afforded due process.",
            "content": "British MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced in absentia to two years in jail in Bangladesh in a corruption case involving the alleged illegal allocation of a plot of land.\nFormer Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is Ms S... [2039 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/tulip-siddiq-sentenced-to-prison-in-bangladesh/106089100",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/5712ba6e348642b8b5e0da3184dd96c4?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2807&cropW=4991&xPos=0&yPos=210&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-01T12:47:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c04eb95c9dd321ddd9d5011522d69f35",
            "title": "Runaway reindeer in Formby sparks major search operation",
            "description": "The animal, named Buddy, fled a festive celebration on the coast and went on the run for hours.",
            "content": "A reindeer called Buddy sparked a huge search operation after he went on the run.\nArmed police officers, the Coastguard and members of the Royal Marines were called in to track down the animal from north Wales after he fled a festive celebration in F... [1418 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5l209pn1wo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/0051/live/c7309590-ce9e-11f0-8c06-f5d460985095.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-01T10:00:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dc9abaf6b2b274b65a88b8bf335fcd44",
            "title": "Netting on apartment complex did not meet fire resistance code, Hong Kong officials say",
            "description": "Hong Kong's anti-corruption agency has arrested 11 people, including the directors and an engineering consultant of a construction company.",
            "content": "In short:\nHong Kong officials say the netting covering the scaffolding around the apartment complex that caught fire did not meet fire resistance standards.\nInitial tests had suggested the netting was up to standard, but investigators had not been ab... [2290 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/hong-kong-authorities-says-netting-on-building-did-not-meet-code/106088946",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/76a183b0229cfa277854a1a971e8d589?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-01T08:55:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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