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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": 137944,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f1854b7e1faef6f3ef56a208033608fc",
            "title": "Donald Trump's rare backdown on racist Obama post shows even the 'Teflon president' has limits",
            "description": "Donald Trump has, until now, thrived in controversy. But the US president has now done something which a year ago would have been unthinkable… deleted a social media post.",
            "content": "Donald Trump has, until now, thrived in controversy.\nImmune to criticism, and convincing supporters that any backlash is the \"woke left\" revelling in \"political correctness\".\nHe's even survived making many previous racial slurs.\nHe rose to political ... [3652 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/donald-trump-backdown-over-racist-obama-post-analysis/106317296",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/bd6a4207235a9b7e96eab7bd124ee7d5?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=171&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T01:52:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "da4c915a8eb2989c66aa09d8ca9da2bc",
            "title": "Accused militant in deadly 2012 Benghazi attack on US compound taken into custody in United States",
            "description": "Zubayar Al-Bakoush, 58, has been wanted by the United States for more than a decade for his alleged role in the attack, which killed four Americans, including the US ambassador to Libya.",
            "content": "A man who allegedly participated in the deadly 2012 attack on a US government compound in Benghazi, Libya, has been taken into custody to face prosecution, according to the US Department of Justice.\nZubayar Al-Bakoush, 58, has been wanted by the Unit... [3907 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/libyan-zubayar-al-bakoush-arrested-extradited-america/106317146",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/9c44f992386adcda343558099be7de22?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1728&cropW=3072&xPos=0&yPos=102&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T01:28:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f7f5b081dc8a4cac58dd0f48b0eee05c",
            "title": "‘Nothing retaliatory’: US seeks deportation of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos",
            "description": "Lawyers for the Ecuadorian asylum seeker have speculated the Trump administration is seeking ‘retaliatory’ actions.",
            "content": "The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has revealed it will continue to seek the deportation of five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian Conejo Arias, after their recent return to Minnesota.\nThe department, however, deni... [3053 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/6/nothing-retaliatory-us-seeks-deportation-of-5-year-old-liam-conejo-ramos",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/AP26032616849393-1770414281.jpg?resize=1200%2C630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-06T23:18:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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