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": 172430,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3c9a0f0de2fba8a7ccda59b958676df8",
            "title": "US and Iran trade fire in Strait of Hormuz",
            "description": "The US military says it has shot down four drones Iran has launched toward the Strait of Hormuz and struck some of Tehran's coastal surveillance radar sites in response.",
            "content": "The US military says it has shot down four drones Iran has launched toward the Strait of Hormuz and struck some of Tehran's coastal surveillance radar sites in response.\n\"The attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic,\" US C... [2568 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-06/us-and-iran-trade-fire-near-strait-of-hormuz/106767478",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/82178afd1d4d15c0969a555ae43c9426?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-06T00:56:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f117e118a28790483d824e7c6fcc218c",
            "title": "Where to see the toughest animal in Africa",
            "description": "They’ve been known to attack lions, buffaloes, safari vehicles – and the occasional cask of wine.",
            "content": "June 6, 2026 — 5:00am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nThere are no known instances of them latching onto a pair of human testicles but that doesn’t stop knowing African safari guides... [4406 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/inspiration/move-over-lions-the-surprising-african-animal-that-even-guides-fear-20260604-p603ym.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5448%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_521/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_metro_traveller_no_label_no_age_social_wm/5b99ad6ffda13008cf69ba81891cbb08b1f5fa34",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T19:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "SMH.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9ee48f54e2cd0e32e48af65e30d6e88a",
            "title": "How a prototype police dashboard tracks foreign journalists and residents",
            "description": "The discovery of an unsecured Chinese policing dashboard has painted a picture of how authorities use big data and CCTV surveillance to track foreign journalists and other people of interest.",
            "content": "You have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nBeijing: It goes with the territory that foreign journalists in China routinely question how closely the government monitors their activities.\nReporte... [8613 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/asia/the-mysterious-database-that-provides-clues-to-china-s-foreign-surveillance-20260529-p601xf.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.5518%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/e2a5b22b1827a14c498993caea7b0f1a13ab8a3a00c3d3f3317c2699d42b3171",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T19:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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