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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": 165032,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "13affa0875db57d6db4b272c139776cb",
            "title": "Australian dollar climbs; Dubai airport attacked by Iran; ships in Strait of Hormuz targeted; Iran women’s soccer team player returns home;",
            "description": "Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.",
            "content": "Pinned post from 5.05am\nGo to latest\nWhat you need to know\nBy Sarah McPhee\nGood morning and welcome to our continuing live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.\nHere’s what happened overnight.\nThe United States has been found responsible for a... [9530 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-israeli-attacks-on-lebanon-spark-humanitarian-crisis-one-iranian-soccer-player-reverses-asylum-decision-and-will-return-home-20260311-p5o9mw.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.21066242291625223%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_107/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/ac4d5895f6deb1954503018cea5988e5d0cc5dff",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T18:05:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "42b8af54dd4901ba3e21a9872ec5535e",
            "title": "‘Stunned, sidelined and disunited’: how war in the Middle East paralysed the EU",
            "description": "Amid fears the conflict will strengthen Russia, Ursula von der Leyen’s embrace of US-backed regime change already looks like a doomed strategy",
            "content": "The message from Ursula von der Leyen was blunt. “Europe can no longer be a custodian for the old-world order” and needs a “more realistic and interest-driven foreign policy”. In a major foreign policy speech this week, the European Commission presid... [6666 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/11/stunned-sidelined-and-disunited-how-war-in-the-middle-east-paralysed-the-eu",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/c6f708a11f2951f040b6b1938ac0992aec8bf40d/326_0_3566_2854/master/3566.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=231884a14492ae1c9afc3c6b8ca70e46",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T15:24:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "33c36709e64b284dfc73a24a58c8ede5",
            "title": "Jason Hughes ‘prank’ teacher: Student Jayden Wallace breaks silence",
            "description": "A high school student charged with fatally running over his teacher in a prank gone wrong expressed his “deepest sorrow” as he vowed to honour the loving educator’s memory after the tragedy.",
            "content": "Jayden Wallace, an 18-year-old student at North Hall County High in Georgia in the US, faces a slew of charges - including first-degree vehicular homicide - after maths teacher Jason Hughes, 40, slipped outside of his own home and was fatally run ove... [3094 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/student-accused-of-killing-teacher-in-toilet-paper-prank-breaks-his-silence/news-story/41152afe6b209b6a6bcfb0d9c30897a3",
            "image": "https://content.api.news/v3/images/bin/82440b5b462e255ec9712b8faf75643a",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T12:51:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fb80671fb5d2de16a7e1a267ced6d12a",
                "name": "News.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.news.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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