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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": 146790,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "edbd622b9355b843303b4233556f08a7",
            "title": "Some Israeli-backed anti-Hamas gang members surrender to group",
            "description": "A handful of members of an Israeli-backed anti-Hamas gang in Gaza have surrendered to the militant group, days after their leader was killed in the strip.",
            "content": "A handful of members of an Israeli-backed anti-Hamas gang in Gaza have surrendered to the militant group, days after their leader was killed in the strip.\nThe leader of the so-called Popular Forces in Gaza, Yasser Abu Shabab, was killed on Thursday b... [3182 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-09/some-israeli-backed-anti-hamas-gang-members-surrender-to-group/106117908",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/a7dbf21a02201414a5ab6f832cae21d2?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1138&cropW=2024&xPos=24&yPos=166&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-08T19:52:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "eb9f4e886dd6582f2db70ab9f8ea05ca",
            "title": "Today in History - December 9: The hated dictator who built huge monument to his megalomania",
            "description": "Despite his people almost starving, he decided to construct one of the world's biggest buildings - bu...",
            "content": "O ne of the harshest and most eccentric dictators took power on December 9, 1967, when Nicolae Ceaușescu was elected president of Romania.\nCeaușescu, the uneducated son of a shoemaker, in the east European power had climbed the ranks of the ruling Ro... [2307 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-december-9-what-happened-on-this-day/aaffce00-477e-4d40-a1dc-b1494ffc06c2",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/lJ3XJnNTLhyJ-n7DQUq62MuyhRM=/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F949697dd-0f89-4ca5-a271-d606fa0e653d",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-08T19:51:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9a788d9da4a6464c4aa1a3f92e35c20a",
            "title": "Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with European allies as Donald Trump accuses him of not reading US",
            "description": "Leaders express scepticism about US-led plans to end Russia's invasion, after peace talks between US and Ukranian officials at the weekend ended without a breakthrough.",
            "content": "European leaders put on a show of support for Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they voiced scepticism about elements of the US-led proposal to end Russia's war.\nBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted the president, German Chancellor Friedr... [4415 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-09/zelenskyy-european-allies-downing-street-trump/106117756",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/3262728e4e2b77fdaf94aea7445323a8?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2812&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=210&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-08T18:53:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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