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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": 154090,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e5fc074cadfc2697a563fee6e91b29af",
            "title": "Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office,",
            "description": "Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has reportedly been arrested at his eastern England home,. Follow live",
            "content": "The BBC is reporting that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested at his eastern England home,\nThames Valley Police have confirmed they arrested a man in his 60s in Norfolk on Thursday morning but have not named him.\nPolice said he was arrested on su... [433 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-19/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-epstein-police/106365802",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/bac0ff281d828725339516c4cdc9be46?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-19T10:11:47Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5cd3686836e6a2fdc62d945dfdb489e2",
            "title": "Concerns suspected Australian IS fighters could face death penalty after mass prisoner transfer to Iraq",
            "description": "Dfat aware of Australians among 5,704 detainees transferred out of Syrian prisons and into Iraqi custody",
            "content": "A group of Australian men suspected of being former Islamic State fighters are among more than 5,000 detainees transferred from Syria to Iraq, where they potentially face charges which could carry the death penalty.\nIraq’s national centre for interna... [4617 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/19/concerns-suspected-australian-is-fighters-could-face-death-penalty-after-mass-prisoner-transfer-to-iraq",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9cad313168fdf104c638afe73ecd6c9607f85045/618_0_6271_5020/master/6271.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=79b82b76c931ce2afc43feaee41538ed",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-19T08:53:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bac5b7cbd5dc5905b6f47c64562d41d5",
            "title": "Gas explosion kills 16 after apartment building partially collapses in southern Pakistan",
            "description": "Women and children are among 16 people killed after a gas explosion ripped through an apartment building in Pakistan on Thursday.",
            "content": "In short:\nA gas explosion ripped through an apartment building in Karachi, Pakistan, killing at least 16 people.\nSeveral others were injured when part of the structure collapsed.\nWhat's next?\nRescuers are clearing rubble in search of survivors trappe... [1016 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-19/gas-explosion-kills-16-apartment-building-collapses-pakistan/106365612",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/1b9d75cd38af5b0f02c9ad5fdfd8c408?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=551&cropW=980&xPos=0&yPos=51&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-19T08:03:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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