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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": 161656,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2425c1bc5033e2c57ae4497632c868e2",
            "title": "US-Iran war live updates: Trump warns of further strikes with a ‘force never seen before’ after death of Khamenei; retaliatory strikes hit nations across the Middle East",
            "description": "Tensions in the Middle East have reached fever pitch after a joint US and Israel attack targeted Iran’s senior leadership, with Iran returning fire. Follow along to our live blog for updates.",
            "content": "Singapore Airlines has confirmed that it has cancelled all flights to and from Dubai for one week, ending March 7.\nThe flights impacted are SQ494 departing Singapore for Dubai, and SQ495 departing Dubai for Singapore.\nThe fallout of the conflict for ... [7054 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-trump-warns-of-further-strikes-with-a-force-never-seen-before-after-death-of-khamanei-relataliatory-strikes-hit-nations-across-the-middle-east-20260301-p5o6e5.html?post=p59zsy",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.9806%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/2ee5d06c11af9092f0be34268f1eaf277a1b2447edff994d60f74b38cc96d95c",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-01T13:34:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "832925949d70ba65bb539a090704bf22",
            "title": "Explosions rock Tehran as clerical regime vows to avenge Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei",
            "description": "Outrage over the attack targeting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spilled over into neighbouring Iraq and Pakistan, where crowds attempted to storm American diplomatic missions.",
            "content": "Explosions rocked Tehran on Sunday while Iran's clerical regime vowed to avenge Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after he died in a US-Israel strike.\nOutrage over the attack also spilled over into neighbouring Iraq and Pakistan, where crowds attempted to storm... [5560 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-01/explosions-in-tehran-as-temporary-supreme-leader-announced/106403122",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/d2d44acdfd254a22cb4cbb95ad865295?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=431&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-01T12:56:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7d9024829cab81b0ad95b006fb0e871f",
            "title": "US-Iran war live updates: Trump warns of further strikes with a ‘force never seen before’ after death of Khamenei; retaliatory strikes hit nations across the Middle East",
            "description": "Tensions in the Middle East have reached fever pitch after a joint US and Israel attack targeted Iran’s senior leadership, with Iran returning fire. Follow along to our live blog for updates.",
            "content": "Singapore Airlines has confirmed that it has cancelled all flights to and from Dubai for one week, ending March 7.\nThe flights impacted are SQ494 departing Singapore for Dubai, and SQ495 departing Dubai for Singapore\nThe fallout of the conflict for a... [7053 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-trump-warns-of-further-strikes-with-a-force-never-seen-before-after-death-of-khamanei-relataliatory-strikes-hit-nations-across-the-middle-east-20260301-p5o6e5.html?post=p59zrw",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.9806%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_55/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/2ee5d06c11af9092f0be34268f1eaf277a1b2447edff994d60f74b38cc96d95c",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-01T11:46:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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