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Australia World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Australia with our JSON API.

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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": 148262,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "784a697b58d4fb284175a75608400421",
            "title": "Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro held in New York prison described as 'hell on earth'",
            "description": "The facility where detained Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been taken is a notorious New York jail that has held a string of high-profile and celebrity criminals, from drug cartel leaders to hip-hop stars.",
            "content": "The facility where detained Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has been taken is a notorious New York jail that has held a string of high-profile and celebrity criminals, from drug cartel leaders to hip-hop stars.\nFrom the outside, the Metropolitan Det... [5457 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-05/nicol%C3%A1s-maduro-in-the-new-york-metropolitan-detention-center/106199184",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/16e772c1591218fd32aa21804da6f400?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2756&cropW=4900&xPos=0&yPos=173&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-05T07:03:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7a829f61ce0436efe2f89eaf49982dd0",
            "title": "Venezuela live updates: interim president offers to ‘collaborate’ with US after Trump warns of further strikes",
            "description": "Delcy Rodríguez adopts conciliatory tone as she stands in for Nicolás Maduro after Venezuelan leader captured by American forces and brought to US",
            "content": "Key events\nShow key events only\nPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature\nNicolás Maduro is set to appear in Manhattan federal court later today to face narco-terrorism charges.\nMaduro, 63, and his wife, Cilia Flores, are in jail in Brooklyn afte... [7876 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/05/venezuela-live-updates-trump-us-interim-president-collaborate",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/20103d6a9f482cad743587c511e043c16e4d7fa3/418_0_4164_3333/master/4164.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=821d127715de72e1e066c6a2a758a8bc",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-05T05:53:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "90f98d74a11dbe632e6e2a20575310b9",
            "title": "Denmark tells Trump to back off over 'threats' against Greenland",
            "description": "The leaders of Denmark and Greenland have urged US President Donald Trump to stop threatening to take over Greenland.",
            "content": "The leaders of Denmark and Greenland have urged US President Donald Trump to stop threatening to take over Greenland.\nMr Trump reiterated controversial remarks expressing interest in the strategic Arctic territory in an interview with The Atlantic ma... [2934 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-05/denmark-rejects-us-trump-threats-greenland/106199700",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/d39bc5c3859fecef34b96e0345e0c37f?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-05T05:40:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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