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": 148738,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "cb2b487a6a7e2484f9d738645e610c79",
            "title": "British monarch addresses US Congress; Trump says Iran is in a ‘state of collapse’",
            "description": "Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East, King Charles and Queen Camilla’s US state visit and related developments in Australia.",
            "content": "Pinned post from 4.06am\nGo to latest\nWhat you need to know\nBy\nThank you for joining our continuing live coverage of King Charles and Queen Camilla’s state visit to the United States, as well as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, and related dev... [10626 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/us-politics-live-updates-king-charles-to-address-us-congress-trump-says-iran-is-in-a-state-of-collapse-and-wants-strait-of-hormuz-reopened-20260428-p5zrv2.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.24964639321074963%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/ac27233f49207d40217af36450af6c8a99bce678",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T21:29:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "087bf739daf15ef44cd17a113c0756a7",
            "title": "News live: King Charles praises ‘ambitious’ Aukus and expresses pride in Australia in speech to US Congress",
            "description": "Follow live",
            "content": "From 2h ago\nKing Charles praises 'ambitious' Aukus in speech to US Congress\nKing Charles’s address to the US Congress has been covered over in our US politics blog (check it out here).\nBut it’s worth noting that Australia got a shout-out, and specifi... [10805 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/apr/29/australia-news-live-aukus-king-charles-one-nation-budget-cost-of-living-inflation-consumer-price-index-jim-chalmers-anthony-albanese-angus-taylor-ntwnfb",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/b3a941ac4667f83709f29e2bfac0080a9f5f7722/140_0_4396_3518/master/4396.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=9ece3e023c79b0222419f0b7b8712e9e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T20:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ebbdddd43a537a7a914d4d01e14d4ea8",
            "title": "Former FBI director charged over seashell photo deemed threat to Trump",
            "description": "The indictment charges Comey with “knowingly and wilfully” making a threat to “take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon” Trump over a social media post he shared showing shells on a beach arranged to read “86 47”.",
            "content": "Alanna Durkin Richer and Eric Tucker\nUpdated April 29, 2026 — 6:16am,first published 5:40am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nWashington: Former FBI Director James Comey has been indic... [5865 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/ex-fbi-boss-comey-indicted-again-this-time-over-seashell-threat-to-trump-20260429-p5zrvk.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_1.1802%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/a53356a685dc2d6d3bdec30b770a9cb12442486c",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T19:40:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "SMH.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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