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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": 162352,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "60eb06c5b328265de3e496538749370c",
            "title": "US-Israel war on Iran live updates: conflict spreads to Lebanon as IDF strikes Hezbollah after attack on Israel",
            "description": "Iran-backed Hezbollah says it launched rockets and drones at Israel in retaliation for the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei",
            "content": "Key events\nShow key events only\nPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature\nMore on the Israeli strikes and evacuations orders in Lebanon here from the Guardian’s William Christou in Beirut:\nResidents of the Lebanese capital were awoken by the soun... [5914 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/02/us-israel-war-iran-live-updates-attacks-strikes-tehran-lebanon-beirut-hezbollah-dubai-latest-news",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c44b01f686ae517ff8f3526a1c6dae6a13c64936/500_0_5000_4000/master/5000.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=83e8eac0090efe9b7a71b959e2936209",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-02T02:53:24Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "db59f308676a6005d2df8fa8802be4a6",
            "title": "Perth Airport chaos as airlines including Emirates, Qatar ground flights to Dubai, Doha amid Iran, Israel war",
            "description": "Travel plans have been disrupted across the globe as major airlines ground flights amid conflict in the Middle East.",
            "content": "Travel plans have been thrown into chaos across the globe as major airlines ground flights amid conflict in the Middle East.\nPerth Airport confirmed nine flights had been cancelled since Saturday, with more cancellations expected on Monday.\nQatari ai... [1726 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/travel/perth-airport-chaos-as-airlines-including-emirates-qatar-ground-flights-to-dubai-doha-amid-iran-israel-war-c-21802964",
            "image": "https://images.perthnow.com.au/publication/C-21802964/0ac7e4a77794100181e6573bcd7cb2a520ade223-16x9-x1y0w2446h1376.jpg?imwidth=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-02T01:44:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "419747a8cc582e19e0c6326b95e6ae8e",
                "name": "PerthNow",
                "url": "https://www.perthnow.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "95385453a44a3f266550047f9d0a5804",
            "title": "Albanese government avoids questions on legality of US",
            "description": "The Albanese government is continuing to avoid questions about the legality of the joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran, while throwing support behind the strikes.",
            "content": "The Albanese government is continuing to avoid questions about the legality of the joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran, while throwing support behind the strikes.\nProminent legal and human rights experts have argued the attacks breached international la... [4478 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-02/albanese-government-questions-on-legality-of-us-strikes-on-iran/106403944",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/716309ed8311ca7bd33c7c8b96bc0ee8?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=877&cropW=1560&xPos=38&yPos=23&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-02T01:17:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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