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": 151726,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "333b3215332915a5ec4769cd33d19de1",
            "title": "At least 16 students dead as fire tears through Kenyan girls school",
            "description": "The blaze reportedly started when a student set a mattress on fire inside the school's dormitory, with a further 79 students taken to hospital with injuries.",
            "content": "A fire tore through a dormitory at a girls' secondary school in a town in Kenya's Rift Valley, killing at least 16 students.\nThe government has said the fire broke out just after midnight on Thursday, local time, at the Utumishi Girls' Academy Senior... [2309 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-29/deaths-reported-after-fire-at-kenyan-girls-school/106735308",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e5a34589067b28f68446a268e1caaffc?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=169&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-28T14:40:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dcfcf8a1a40ec8e92aa444ec28ba27e0",
            "title": "Iran and US trade air strikes, including strike on Kuwait, after Donald Trump dismisses report of Hormuz deal",
            "description": "The US president has repeatedly said the end of the war is close, but told media at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday he was not yet satisfied by the negotiations and the US is not discussing easing sanctions, one of Tehran's key demands.",
            "content": "Iran has targeted a US air base in Kuwait, after the United States struck what Washington described as an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz and President Donald Trump rejected a reported compromise deal with Tehran.\nThe attacks, while... [4403 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-28/kuwait-reports-missile-attack-us-air-base/106735230",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/3dff8405f1d6e16258047b0ebc78cfd2?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2304&cropW=4096&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-28T13:17:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5f7f75b15b7b20e11ae0f8e9c4e012e4",
            "title": "James Talarico campaign says it raised more than $3 million in 24 hours since Texas primary runoff",
            "description": "James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Texas, raised more than $3 million in the first 24 hours after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton emerged as his Republican opponent, Talarico’s campaign first told CNN.",
            "content": "James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for US Senate in Texas, raised more than $3 million in the first 24 hours after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton emerged as his Republican opponent, Talarico’s campaign first told CNN.\nThe haul confirms Talaric... [1253 chars]",
            "url": "https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/28/politics/james-talarico-texas-senate-fundraising",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap26148070785388.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-28T10:01:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6ef34c2847abf2288eece34615de441a",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://edition.cnn.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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