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": 162348,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5385794408e87befeda02703bd884bba",
            "title": "‘Not survivable’: Eight believed dead as B-52 Stratofortress crashes on take-off",
            "description": "Aerial footage of the crash at Edwards Air Force Base in California showed a charred, smouldering patch of the desert floor.",
            "content": "Steve Gorman and Phil Stewart\nUpdated June 16, 2026 — 8:38am,first published 5:56am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nLos Angeles: Eight people aboard a US B-52 Stratofortress bomber t... [4269 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/b-52-stratofortress-crashes-after-take-off-in-california-20260616-p6072p.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/w_800%2Ch_450%2Cc_fill%2Cg_auto:faces/q_86%2Cf_auto/99fbaea3fb9e9bc4bb420ba8c743941fb2763007",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-15T22:38:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3ae528781730288591549b6fe692cb77",
            "title": "California governor accuses Donald Trump of launching politically motivated investigation",
            "description": "Gavin Newsom, a longtime political rival of the Republican president, says federal agents have in recent days been knocking on the doors of his friends and former employees, asking for records.",
            "content": "In short:\nCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom has accused US President Donald Trump of directing the Justice Department to carry out politically motivated investigations of him and his wife.\nHe said federal agents had been knocking on the doors of his f... [2508 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-16/gavin-newsom-donald-trump-justice-department-investigation/106801724",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/fa029e9e2be4f38053b89c8de1ad2648?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1484&cropW=2639&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-15T20:54:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1916ee6877e586b0cb8fdb09213e90c7",
            "title": "US politics, Iran war LIVE updates: Trump at G7 meeting in France; Status of the Strait of Hormuz unknown; Deal to be signed on Friday",
            "description": "The peace deal is done, Trump says, but few other details remain.",
            "content": "1h ago8.17PM\nNetanyahu finally comments on Iran agreement\nTal Shalev, CNN\nHours after nearly every other Israeli official weighed in on the memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally spoke about it,... [2683 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nine.com.au/world-news/us-politics-iran-war-live-updates-donald-trump-latest-headlines-20260616-p6072u.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.2002%2C$multiply_3%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_0/t_crop_custom/c_scale%2Cw_1200%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto/575fa32af74b7468812f915e5c8f6fb9fda09c55",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-15T20:17:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f24775d826544c821fc5b672e89feda5",
                "name": "Nine.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.nine.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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