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": 152182,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a13d7eafe77d071de03221a5c63972fa",
            "title": "Donald Trump evacuated from Washington Hilton hotel; US-Iran peace talks fail; Israel-Lebanon ceasefire on shaky ground",
            "description": "Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.",
            "content": "Pinned post from 6.14am\nGo to latest\nPeace talks in limbo: What you need to know\nBy\nGood morning and welcome to today’s live coverage of the war in the Middle East.\nHere’s the news from yesterday and overnight that you might have missed:\nCeasefire ta... [8665 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-peace-talks-in-pakistan-collapse-as-trump-cancels-envoy-trip-israel-lebanon-ceasefire-shaky-amid-strikes-20260426-p5zr2k.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.1765%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/65823004d6349d743a1ca2e09cc815739b487b99",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T00:44:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1fe1d023708bbe6d029582ce608dddd1",
            "title": "King Charles faces another challenge ahead of visit to meet Trump",
            "description": "The UK and the US are at loggerheads over a Pentagon proposal to change its stance on ownership of the ⁠Falkland Islands.",
            "content": "April 26, 2026 — 8:59am\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.\nLondon: Britain is standing firm ag... [5696 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/falklands-war-four-decades-later-trump-v-starmer-20260426-p5zr2t.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.293%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_11%2C$y_27/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/95a4f404ab70e73341152dfddc9fa5dd466ed02e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T22:59:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "38c6e6707d817fdc77ab1fd4fa2fafd9",
            "title": "Assembly polls: West Bengal turnout hits 93.2%, Tamil Nadu settles at 85.1%",
            "description": "India News: KOLKAT/CHENNAI: Bengal recorded a historic 93.2% turnout in the first phase of assembly elections, while Tamil Nadu's final provisional figure settled.",
            "content": "Representational image\nKOLKAT/CHENNAI: Bengal recorded a historic 93.2% turnout in the first phase of assembly elections, while Tamil Nadu's final provisional figure settled at 85.1% after a marginal revision, EC data showed on Saturday. More than 3.... [679 chars]",
            "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/after-recheck-west-bengal-turnout-hits-93-2-tamil-nadu-settles-at-85-1/articleshow/130524800.cms",
            "image": "https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-130524802,width-1280,height-720,imgsize-334490,resizemode-6,overlay-toi_sw,pt-32,y_pad-600/photo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T22:35:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9c931d3332c3a87c89b804230892aa64",
                "name": "The Times of India",
                "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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