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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": 153924,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2b1e09fc0e5282660968f77d31aad382",
            "title": "Crime scene declared after disappearance of Today show host Savannah Guthrie's mother",
            "description": "Police have declared a crime scene after the mother of US TV personality Savannah Guthrie went missing from her home. Here's what we know.",
            "content": "US authorities are treating the disappearance of the 84-year-old mother of Today show host Savannah Guthrie as a crime based on what they have seen at her home, an Arizona sheriff has told the media.\nPolice have stressed to the public that Nancy Guth... [2667 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/savannah-guthrie-mother-missing-fbi/106298394",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/5dbbc5ae4d06f45513d446d834eb9ede?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=608&cropW=1080&xPos=0&yPos=42&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T00:57:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5c6fdfd17bf7e45e891cef6bc9effcb7",
            "title": "Takeaways from the many mentions of Donald Trump in newly released Epstein files",
            "description": "Donald Trump's name appears many times in the Epstein files — including on an FBI list of men who are named as subjects of \"salacious information\". So what have we learned about the US president?",
            "content": "Donald Trump's name appears hundreds of times in the most recent release of the Epstein files — including on an FBI list of men who are named as subjects of \"salacious information\".\nBut, so far, there are no bombshells that threaten Mr Trump's politi... [7687 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/donald-trump-mentioned-in-epstein-files-thousands-of-times/106297878",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/45b96df1a83f47cb6622d243bbdb5e86?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-02T23:07:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9c88e0ee70cafc37e3aa2c4c11c901e9",
            "title": "Rare photo captures Christmas Island flying fox ferrying pup",
            "description": "Often compared to a \"teddy bear\", advocates hope the special snap of an endangered flying fox carrying its pup will shine a light on the Christmas Island animal.",
            "content": "A photographer on Christmas Island has captured what is thought to be the first-ever image of a critically endangered bat carrying its young mid-flight.\nChris Bray said it took hours of effort and hundreds of discarded photos to snap the rare sight.\n... [2839 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-03/rare-photo-captures-christmas-island-flying-fox-ferrying-pup/106284950",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/fdf21275653ada3beaf0cf77c9f3c1df?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2000&cropW=3556&xPos=122&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-02T22:55:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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