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": 172112,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3625cbafd698d88d6d6bdbec389b2133",
            "title": "Trump’s protracted war in Iran mugs Labor’s fuel strategy",
            "description": "Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will use the federal budget to shore up supply chain frailties exposed by Donald Trump’s erratic Middle East strategy.",
            "content": "Advertisement\nThe AFR View\nTrump’s protracted war in Iran mugs Labor’s fuel strategy\nPrime Minister Anthony Albanese will use the federal budget to shore up supply chain frailties exposed by Donald Trump’s erratic Middle East strategy.\nIs anyone surp... [333 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/trump-s-protracted-war-in-iran-mugs-labor-s-fuel-strategy-20260506-p5zu9o",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.3146%2C$multiply_3%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_172/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_800%2Cq_88%2Cf_jpg/t_afr_no_label_no_age_social_wm/9ee07cd75b61198702c01075cf70fb3a78076ca2",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-06T09:28:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "cc72cf32d5f422be6da660f4366e7833",
                "name": "AFR",
                "url": "https://www.afr.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bb8e5e3d5688089560cd73995eea149b",
            "title": "Prosecutor tells Court of Appeal 'something has gone wrong' over sentence for dangerous driving deaths",
            "description": "Prosecutors tell the Court of Appeal that \"something has gone wrong\" in sentencing a driver who caused one of Victoria's deadliest crashes.",
            "content": "A driver who was jailed for causing the deaths of five people at a notorious regional Victorian intersection is waiting to hear whether a Crown appeal to have his sentence increased will succeed.\nIn 2023, Christopher Dillon Joannidis, 32, ignored sev... [3430 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/appeal-joannidis-dangerous-driving-deaths-strathmerton/106648468",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/d3ba19263f33e078d3dbe446eeb81ce9?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1357&cropW=2412&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-06T07:41:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e7134a4abba7d3ef8b4b9dbc36b5486d",
            "title": "Wednesday briefing: How Trump’s attempt to reopen to strait of Hormuz brought war closer again",
            "description": "In today’s newsletter: ​The brief US effort to ​s​teer trapped vessels through the ​waterway ​put the fragile ceasefire under strain",
            "content": "Good morning. Uncertainty once again reigns in the Middle East. The uneasy ceasefire between the US and Iran threatened to disintegrate after Donald Trump launched an initiative – dubbed “Project Freedom” – to help thousands of sailors stranded in th... [10543 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/wednesday-briefing-how-trumps-attempt-to-reopen-to-strait-of-hormuz-brought-war-closer-again",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e48f49ebdec4feaaca0b0b50347f9246e92dddb5/361_0_4583_3667/master/4583.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=b6009aa9917bb8889607320ea7f55097",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-06T05:47:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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