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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": 142500,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ac9147d2e1850deea3230203303529f9",
            "title": "The infamous photo former prince Andrew can't outrun",
            "description": "More than 20 years after this photo was purportedly taken, it continues to haunt Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.",
            "content": "Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor says he has \"no recollection\" of the photo, or the girl in it.\nHe's repeatedly suggested it might be a fake.\nBut 24 years after it was purportedly taken, this simple film image continues to haunt the former prince.\nAllegedl... [5056 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-16/photo-former-prince-andrew-virginia-giuffre/106009338",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/50fc535a043334fc4bfa63b41b829815?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=231&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-15T19:19:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cebc09c9b1d660813f58cbc5f38a90ef",
            "title": "Today in History - November 16: Power company file clerk catches bomber who terrorised New York for years",
            "description": "George Metesky placed the first of his 33 bombs in New York City on November 16, 1940, beginning a campaign...",
            "content": "George Metesky placed the first of his 33 bombs in New York City on November 16, 1940, beginning a campaign of terror that lasted 17 years.\nMetesky was a specialist electrician angry at how he had been treated following an accident while working for ... [3471 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-november-16-what-happened-on-this-day/60666dd8-cff8-4704-84bb-1e7e5a40ce57",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/USfb7XiOlj5gN7am6CJ_MPJu758=/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F8637f217-c289-420a-8768-abdc3d348ed6",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-15T19:08:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e86b511cd97badb6d078ffe9838c5b86",
            "title": "Fasher conquest say they were attacked while escaping",
            "description": "With Sudan's El-Fasher captured by a militia accused of mass killings, those who escaped are suffering in a refugee camp and mourning the deaths of family and friends.",
            "content": "Ahmad Abdullah believes his poverty likely saved his life.\nThe 47-year-old was detained, beaten and robbed multiple times while fleeing the Sudanese city of El-Fasher when it was conquered by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group in the l... [5991 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-16/survivors-of-sudan-el-fasher-conquest-attacked-while-escaping/106003668",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/248c26e6cd658a30b056306a1e05c881?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-15T19:04:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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