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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 APIAPI 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": 168636,
"articles": [
{
"id": "043ba2aed8dbb86415530a12719231ea",
"title": "Pope Leo blasts war spending amid Trump feud",
"description": "Leo took aim at “the masters of war” who spend billions of dollars on conflict. His unusually forceful remarks came just days after the US president attacked him on social media.",
"content": "Joshua McElwee\nApril 17, 2026 — 10:41am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nSave this article for later\nAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime.\nBamenda, Cameroon: ... [5171 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/ravaged-by-tyrants-pope-blasts-those-who-manipulate-god-to-justify-war-amid-trump-feud-20260417-p5zoo9.html",
"image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2306%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_177/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/5700fba7e8b79c5d98141f9a49785380fd837d96",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-17T00:41:46Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
"name": "The Age",
"url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
}
},
{
"id": "17c46713ebb36023e077f545507a13a0",
"title": "Armed robbers hold 25 people hostage in bank heist in Naples, Italy before escaping into the 'sewers'",
"description": "The group took customers and employees hostage before fleeing with \"the contents of dozens of safe deposit boxes\", according to police.",
"content": "Armed men allegedly held 25 people hostage for two hours during a bank robbery in Italy before they escaped through a tunnel that led to the \"sewers\".\nThree masked robbers, one of whom \"was certainly armed\", entered a branch of the French Credit Agri... [1716 chars]",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-17/armed-robbery-bank-naples-italy-hostages/106575028",
"image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/dde260dc129f65661a6a922fa2b2c37c?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2268&cropW=4032&xPos=0&yPos=378&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-16T23:55:20Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
"name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
}
},
{
"id": "b0c25eb693bfea071ac7046f38db7eab",
"title": "Department of Justice investigating Eric Swalwell amid sexual assault allegations",
"description": "Democratic representative from California has suspended gubernatorial campaign and resigned from Congress",
"content": "The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has opened an investigation into Eric Swalwell following his resignation from Congress, according to a source familiar with the matter.\nThe news of a federal investigation comes days after the Democratic representat... [2199 chars]",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/16/eric-swalwell-department-of-justice-investigation",
"image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3b2a39c285abe5ecd6ff7c9fe90830101ed9ab48/0_0_4167_3335/master/4167.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=b1a616df91bfce49e0b883fab85ac9e7",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-16T23:12:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
"name": "The Guardian",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
}
}
]
}