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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": 137312,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1d3252adc5a2e05a85a8e4696b392558",
            "title": "Death of teenager on Carnival cruise ship ruled a homicide by 'mechanical asphyxia'",
            "description": "The death of a Florida teenager on a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month has been ruled a homicide, the...",
            "content": "The death of a Florida teenager on a Carnival cruise ship earlier this month has been ruled a homicide, the latest development in a case that has drawn international attention and sparked intense speculation on social media.\nAnna Kepner's cause of de... [5990 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/death-of-florida-teenager-on-carnival-cruise-ship-ruled-a-homicide/c0f7270c-de40-4449-9b75-9c1b620e7064",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/DSdERGmqrqCXOk8QF91YOLrm1vs=/0x0:1078x606/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2Fd58dd87e-2be2-4184-8b98-c59d827f49a3",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-25T23:37:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "54b427fe39d0cfd798b0ae2db35b3453",
            "title": "Shumeet Banerji criticised BBC chair's handling of bias crisis in resignation letter",
            "description": "Shumeet Banerji resigned on Friday citing \"governance issues\" but the full reasons were not known until now.",
            "content": "Ex-BBC board member criticised chair's handling of bias crisis in resignation letter\n1 hour ago\nKatie RazzallCulture and Media Editor\nA former BBC board member who quit last week has shared his resignation letter with BBC News, shedding new light on ... [4398 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9rz7eggko",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/50a7/live/7000a820-c6ef-11f0-9fb5-5f3a3703a365.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-25T23:20:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dbb5c3175161fe747e6eb476c7d6f0d3",
            "title": "Mother who hid children’s bodies in suitcases jailed for life in New Zealand",
            "description": "Hakyung Lee was found guilty of murdering her children and concealing their remains in a storage locker",
            "content": "A mother who murdered her two children and hid their bodies in suitcases stored inside a rented locker has been sentenced to life imprisonment in New Zealand.\nHakyung Lee, a New Zealand citizen originally from South Korea, was found guilty earlier th... [679 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/25/mother-who-hid-childrens-bodies-in-suitcases-jailed-for-life-in-new-zealand",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/af9a96775ec7ac1d9315229dcea40723b013de2a/342_0_3070_2457/master/3070.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=7975b6934d99856ebccd78158e5972c9",
            "publishedAt": "2025-11-25T22:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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