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": 154976,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8476029d00e48343245bbde72958a3f0",
            "title": "The Australian",
            "description": "No Cookies | The Australian",
            "content": "Please note that by blocking any or all cookies you may not have access to certain features, content or personalization. For more information see our Cookie Policy.\nTo enable cookies, follow the instructions for your browser below.\nFacebook App: Open... [1735 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nocookies?a=A.flavipes",
            "image": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/wp-content/themes/newscorpau-news-dna/dist/images/fallback/fallback-theaustralian-169.svg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T05:56:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "30b44acf8108f4e5e172e6a0ef2da1cf",
                "name": "The Australian",
                "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3a668b8f577132b637f7399cf9ec091a",
            "title": "Campaign period for 2026 General Election begins today",
            "description": "Campaign period for 2026 General Election begins today",
            "content": "Navitalai Naivalurua · 25/05/2026\nThe campaign period for the 2026 General Elections is now open.\nThe Electoral Commission says the campaign period will end 48 hours before Election Day, in accordance with Section 109A(1) of the Electoral Act 2014.\nT... [687 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.fijivillage.com/news/campaign-period-for-2026-general-election-begins-today-3f3c81/",
            "image": "https://www.fijivillage.com/news_images/20260525114852_media_6a1380ceaba956_58324928.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T05:06:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d09bd724492d6dd007b475108c306a91",
                "name": "Fijivillage",
                "url": "https://www.fijivillage.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6372ca7f3e77a0eaf45d8042126bf18a",
            "title": "Australian government ‘deeply alarmed’ over flotilla activists’ claims of abuse in Israeli custody",
            "description": "Israel’s ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman said “no one was hurt” when 428 flotilla participants were intercepted at sea and detained. The Australians who have just been released from prison, including Juliet Lamont and Violet Coco, say otherwise. Read more.",
            "content": "May 25, 2026 — 3:06pm\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.\nPrime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed public calls for a meeting from Australian activists who say they were abused and ... [7773 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/australian-government-deeply-alarmed-over-flotilla-activists-claims-of-abuse-in-israeli-custody-20260525-p600d6.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.20519279209455532%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_17/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/693cdf09c3b8c506f25405d93804fca091d1a6e9",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-25T05:06:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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