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": 3235768,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Live: Thousands to mourn Pope Francis at St Peter's Square in the Vatican",
            "description": "Thousands are gathering to mourn Pope Francis — a liberal reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives — on the day of his funeral in Rome. Follow live.",
            "content": "Eventually, you get to the security screening, and after that, it's pretty straightforward. But how long it takes to reach that point is an open-ended question going around Rome right now.\nPope Francis has been lying in state since Wednesday morning,... [2170 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-26/pope-francis-funeral-live-updates/105216862",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/43e2dd0a667de10c8a6b3632ca3d1b54?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-26T04:34:22Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Ukraine war briefing: Trump claims deal to end war ‘very close’ after Putin talks",
            "description": "Trump says ‘most of the major points’ agreed, though he gave no details and differences between Kyiv and Moscow remain. What we know on day 1,158",
            "content": "Donald Trump has said Russia and Ukraine are “very close to a deal” on ending the war after his envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday to discuss Washington’s peace plan. The US president said after the three-hou... [2520 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/26/ukraine-russia-war-briefing-trump-peace-deal",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7b5335fbfc571ce3b28f98a6c7cfe6968f396ff5/0_0_6000_3600/master/6000.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=5e1da78ed482c8cf597a29dfb8667c09",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-26T03:23:33Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Pope Francis’ funeral live updates: Coffin sealed as US President Donald Trump, First Lady arrive in Rome",
            "description": "LIVE UPDATES: Pope Francis’ coffin has been sealed ahead of his funeral as US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have arrived in Rome.",
            "content": "Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been asked at a press conference on Saturday if he has a special message ahead of Pope Francis’ funeral.\n“This will be an important day for people of the Catholic faith, but for many others as well, because of the ... [1032 chars]",
            "url": "https://thenightly.com.au/world/pope-francis-funeral-live-updates-us-president-donald-trump-arrives-in-rome-c-18490342",
            "image": "https://images.thenightly.com.au/publication/C-18490342/e8ed483166f4efb5fd315a96034a33b89c16ae0e-16x9-x1y0w2446h1376.jpg?imwidth=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2025-04-26T02:30:00Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "The Nightly",
                "url": "https://thenightly.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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