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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": 161962,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "84c6119bccf557b896e10f3f50eeb241",
            "title": "US-Iran war live updates: Israel launches new attacks on Tehran; Iran’s president says the US ‘will regret this day’",
            "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": "Welcome to our rolling coverage of events across the Middle East after the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran.\nHere’s the latest in the escalating crisis:\nThe United States and Israel renewed deadly attacks in Iran following the killing of the ... [7948 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.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",
            "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": "2026-03-01T20:54:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c603a60ac40ff998dd7aeead5e4953dc",
                "name": "Brisbane Times",
                "url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a57d1df004559f166a76e94a8a5415e7",
            "title": "US-Iran war live updates: Israel launches new attacks on Tehran; Iran’s president says the US ‘will regret this day’",
            "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": "Welcome to our rolling coverage of events across the Middle East after the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran.\nHere’s the latest in the escalating crisis:\nThe United States and Israel renewed deadly attacks in Iran following the killing of the ... [7563 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=p59ztw",
            "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": "2026-03-01T20:08:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "354822877ca3817d0d90908f4901f90a",
            "title": "American service members killed as Iran strikes back against US",
            "description": "As the US military confirms several deaths and injuries among its ranks, Donald Trump says he has \"agreed to talk\" to Iran's leaders.",
            "content": "Three American service members have been killed, and five seriously injured, in the military operation in the Middle East, the US defence department says.\nThe deaths, announced on the second day of strikes by the US and Israel against Iran, mark the ... [5334 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-02/three-americans-killed-as-iran-strikes-back-against-us-israel/106403672",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e8db5950071bab83f7bbb58bbdb1c252?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-01T19:01:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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