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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": 148512,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d2dcd3e4e81b1de6f9a515dc5b6adfa8",
            "title": "What does Vladimir Putin wants from his state visit to India and his meeting with Narendra Modi?",
            "description": "The Russian leader's first state visit to India in nearly four years is expected to focus heavily on trade amid a backdrop of international sanctions and Donald Trump's tariff policy.",
            "content": "Vladimir Putin is in the mood to make deals with India.\nHe wants new deals on Russian oil, missiles, jets but he also wants broader business links that go beyond energy and defence equipment.\nWith an increasing number of international sanctions targe... [5047 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-05/what-does-vladimir-putin-want-from-state-visit-to-india/106104162",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/6628e5d703a94f6294e618bbe1aed935?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2600&cropW=4623&xPos=190&yPos=751&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-04T15:40:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3564e38900d23b7cbe291e5bc5ab2c8e",
            "title": "FBI arrests suspect over pipe bombs planted ahead of January 6 US Capitol riot",
            "description": "The arrest marks the first time investigators have settled on a suspect in an act that had long vexed law enforcement and spawned a multitude of conspiracy theories.",
            "content": "The FBI has arrested a man suspected of planting pipe bombs in Washington the night before the January 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.\nThe bureau released surveillance video, offered a $US500,000 ($756,000) reward and received hundreds of tips in an al... [2335 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-05/suspect-plant-pipe-bombs-eve-january-6-riot/106104160",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/369ad1baf102f5463e8083cbfc64e5ae?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-04T13:54:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2ef9cac28206ecd99b86c43edee379e1",
            "title": "Putin bears 'moral responsibility' for 2018 poisoning of UK woman, inquiry finds",
            "description": "A UK public inquiry has concluded that Russian President Vladimir Putin \"must have\" ordered the Novichok nerve agent attack on Russian double agent Sergei Skripal in 2018.",
            "content": "Russian President Vladimir Putin bears \"moral responsibility\" for the 2018 poisoning death of a British woman, after a failed assassination attempt against a former Russian double agent in England, a UK inquiry has found.\nThe former agent Sergei Skri... [3430 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-04/uk-inquiry-findings-woman-2018-novichok-poisoning/106103644",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/3e7b3a36802332a22c5a3865b2d4b052?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1350&cropW=2400&xPos=0&yPos=825&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-04T12:59:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "abc.net.au",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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