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": 146916,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e2c59316dab246bfd4a95b1579eff321",
            "title": "Ukraine Blows Up Druzhba Pump Station After Restoring Druzhba Oil Deliveries to Hungary",
            "description": "Slovakian Prime Minister Fico seems to have predicted accurately that once Ukraine got a €90 billion military loan package Hungary had been blocking, Kyiv’s drones might hit Druzhba again.",
            "content": "In very short order after Kyiv restored oil deliveries to Russian-oil-dependent Slovakia and Hungary via the Druzhba pipeline, Ukrainian drones on Thursday attacked a key node of the Druzhba oil transportation network upstream in Russia and set it on... [6569 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.kyivpost.com/post/74581",
            "image": "https://static.kyivpost.com/storage/2025/03/16/259ce0f06d13332f58d2c72b5edf905e.jpg?w=1200&q=90&f=jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T10:59:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "02c887af92e2e2e697e74bf65abd5a9b",
                "name": "Kyiv Post",
                "url": "https://www.kyivpost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "456b3bffe4999651b032c77b88124325",
            "title": "How is there still a ceasefire as the US blockades the Strait of Hormuz and Iran seizes ships?",
            "description": "As part of its blockade of Iran, ships have been seized by US forces, others fired upon by Iran and, most recently, boarded by the regime's revolutionary guards. This is all while both sides maintain there is a ceasefire.",
            "content": "Ten days ago Donald Trump ordered US Navy warships to sail into the Gulf of Oman and announced the United States was blockading Iranian ports and shutting down the regime's oil trade.\nSince then, a battle of the blockades has ensued as Iran has backf... [9222 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-23/us-iran-blockade-ships-getting-through-during-shaky-ceasefire/106598156",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/1aa9dc2cb4453ce040c593bdb917e9a1?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T09:36:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d5225039e850c09bd5c549d15a040e6c",
            "title": "Ships in Strait of Hormuz seized by IRCG; Trump extends ceasefire indefinitely; Israel-Lebanon talks in Washington approach",
            "description": "Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.",
            "content": "The Australian sharemarket extended its losses on Thursday as the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz drove oil prices higher, souring investor sentiment after a record rally on Wall Street.\nThe S&P/ASX 200 fell 50.2 points, or 0.6 per cent, to... [6197 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-iran-seizes-two-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz-trump-awaits-unified-proposal-from-islamic-republic-after-ceasefire-extension-20260422-p5zq70.html?post=p5ab9m",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.3072407407407407%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_551%2C$y_283/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/f3408ff2b789a5d70055ec95349ed8361176a680",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T07:42:54Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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