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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": 159196,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5670503ce2a09a264ea970c1d16a4608",
            "title": "Peter Mandelson, former UK ambassador to US, arrested in London as Epstein files fallout continues",
            "description": "Peter Mandelson, a political powerbroker and former government minister, has been investigated by London's Metropolitan Police for about three weeks over allegations of misconduct in public office.",
            "content": "Peter Mandelson, the United Kingdom's former ambassador to Washington, has been arrested, as the fallout from the release of more Epstein files earlier this month deepens.\nIn a statement, London's Metropolitan Police — commonly known as the Met — con... [2410 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-24/peter-mandelson-arrested-as-epstein-files-fallout-continues/106378978",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/8b6cdb0a6d0bb13eabd4a6cdba524f99?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2271&cropW=4037&xPos=788&yPos=799&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-23T18:37:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "708f1ba72371bfddf4d94212be9fe361",
            "title": "Australia backs removing Andrew from royal line of succession",
            "description": "Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor remains eighth in line to the throne despite being stripped of his titles.",
            "content": "Australia's prime minister has told Sir Keir Starmer his government would back plans to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of royal succession.\nAnthony Albanese expressed his support for such a proposal in a letter to the UK prime minist... [2857 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5lrny83dgo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1cc2/live/07a98f30-10af-11f1-ae9c-bbdf8b825e1a.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-23T13:05:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f46dc5e7d96f9d485ba93e7dd1691839",
            "title": "Australian government says it would support removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from royal line of succession",
            "description": "Anthony Albanese writes to British PM as UK prepares to consider laws to strip former prince of his right to inherit the throne",
            "content": "The Australian government has confirmed it would support any proposal to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession after the former prince was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office.\nWith the UK government pois... [2714 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/23/australian-government-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-royal-line-of-succession-ntwnfb",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/fb620b92234cda09d14da5f024f0bad4f7f7f877/32_0_1400_1120/master/1400.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=8d973e21a759a18037976147e144b7e1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-23T12:09:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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