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": 149490,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "abe0ef1fd4ab967a5d0e7427820cff40",
            "title": "Former UK health secretary Wes Streeting says he will stand in any contest to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer",
            "description": "Former health secretary Wes Streeting, who resigned from cabinet on Thursday in preparation for the challenge, says his party needs a \"proper contest\" with the best candidates on the field.",
            "content": "Former UK health secretary Wes Streeting says he will challenge Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in any leadership contest held, days after stepping down and urging Sir Keir to set a timetable for his departure.\n\"We need … the best candidates on the f... [1597 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-17/wes-streeting-confirms-will-stand-contest-against-keir-starmer/106688750",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/9a2ddb257fc64eee427f25ae2080bbd1?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1756&cropW=3122&xPos=0&yPos=25&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T15:16:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "754ba89a62105f618153e93edd343a45",
            "title": "Eight dead and 35 injured after train collides with public bus in Bangkok",
            "description": "Footage of the incident shows a group of vehicles queuing across a railway line, before a cargo train suddenly ploughs into the side of the bus and pushes it into oncoming traffic.",
            "content": "In short:\nEight people are dead and 35 have been injured after a train ploughed into the side of a public bus in Bangkok on Saturday.\nThe impact pushed several cars and motorcycles along the tracks into oncoming traffic before the bus became engulfed... [2225 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-17/bangkok-train-crash-killes-eight-injures-35/106688532",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/c4865fa329b9ab2567df20a97de560af?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=456&cropW=811&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T14:45:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "437781bfe7e1e0a913daeee18ee444df",
            "title": "Military diver dies searching for bodies of four Italians in Maldives underwater cave",
            "description": "A Maldivian military diver has died while searching for the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be de...",
            "content": "A Maldivian military diver has died while searching for the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be deep inside an underwater cave.\nThe group of five Italian divers is believed to have died while exploring a cave at a depth of about 50 metres in... [3669 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/world/maldives-italian-divers-military-diver-dies-searching-for-bodies-of-4-italians-in-an-underwater-cave/d24bfee6-31f4-4ae2-afc7-10ca5d212d18",
            "image": "https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/_qPgjVDjuBuBqKbRJdtzUcEKB9Y=/0x199:1600x1099/1200x628/smart/https%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2Ffs%2F942faa5b-df85-40ee-8d36-9a4ca4dff5e7",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T13:55:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0a61032700ac7fb846fa8c9c95b0e2d5",
                "name": "9News",
                "url": "https://www.9news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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