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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": 140478,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5408ccfa4764dc7a18f28d69f2013cb1",
            "title": "Trump-led abuses amid ‘democratic recession’ put human rights in peril, HRW report says",
            "description": "Rights group says growing authoritarianism and abuses in US, Russia and China threaten global rules-based order",
            "content": "The world is in a “democratic recession” with almost three-quarters of the global population now living under autocratic rulers – levels not seen since the 1980s, according to a new report.\nThe system underpinning human rights was “in peril”, said Ph... [4328 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/04/trump-us-china-russia-democratic-recession-peril-human-rights-watch",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/372959e1b4f935e984575cba7adad1f9d4d0acfd/917_0_4583_3667/master/4583.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=4e501ec73e9b72019c8ad79a44f2c945",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-04T00:01:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6889b56d91b7087217d774c473f8d160",
            "title": "After months of insults, Trump and Petro hold 'constructive' White House meeting",
            "description": "Colombia's leader says he urged Trump to work with him to target drug kingpins. Trump says they \"got along very well\".",
            "content": "Trump hails White House talks with 'terrific' Petro, after months of mutual insults\n1 hour ago\nBernd Debusmann Jrat the White House\nAfter months of tit-for-tat barbs, a highly anticipated meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Colombian co... [3345 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g01vlwqp5o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6563/live/69a15590-0148-11f1-a783-f50a9d1e2381.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T23:21:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9fc832ca3ce6be15de39ba20fbd4e71d",
            "title": "The Chinese planemaker taking on Boeing and Airbus",
            "description": "Comac's passenger jet is attracting customers in South East Asia where demand for affordable aircraft is growing.",
            "content": "One booth is drawing particular attention: Comac, China's state-owned planemaker, which has made significant strides since its C919 passenger jet flew to Singapore in its first trip outside of Chinese territory two years ago.\nFor Comac, the airshow i... [2976 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3exl1k247o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f5c6/live/29b49160-015a-11f1-ba12-b594244b3536.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T23:04:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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