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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": 144322,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "58371b0b670de42aaa0ce193a7faa3d0",
            "title": "Australia news as it happened: China fleet monitored in Philippine sea",
            "description": "Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and beyond.",
            "content": "Key posts\nLatest posts\nLatest posts\n6.20pm\nWhat happened today\nBy Jack Gramenz\nThanks for tuning in to our national news live blog. Here’s some of what we covered today:\nDefence Minister Richard Marles revealed Australia is monitoring a Chinese naval... [9311 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/australia-news-as-it-happened-china-fleet-monitored-in-philippine-sea-20251201-p5njnx.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.353%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_31/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_metro_live_no_age_social_wm/9e0476dccb42fb5223a4b01c2dec49a1016b1780",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-01T07:20:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "65045958568caf3ea94d17e4238416e8",
                "name": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
                "url": "https://www.smh.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ab3a0f155e9f4e5a4fc165d5aa5a9b7e",
            "title": "It’s not just Gaza. From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon, Israel’s onslaught continues",
            "description": "Broken ceasefires, bombing, ground incursions and mounting deaths: Israeli imperialism is now expanding across the region, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik",
            "content": "It is clear now that the ceasefire in Gaza is only a “reducefire”. The onslaught continues. There are near-daily attacks on the territory. On a single day at the end of October, almost 100 Palestinians were killed. On 19 November, 32 were killed. On ... [5526 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/01/gaza-west-bank-syria-lebanon-israel-ceasefire",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3e7cd74c0b20189db54a44ddd0ae56f28906c2bf/178_0_5355_4284/master/5355.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctb3BpbmlvbnMucG5n&enable=upscale&s=5821e5a02ec9b0407a623249e68decdb",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-01T06:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "21ef8f8d4e2bad8002aa3cb67944522a",
            "title": "‘I have been defeated’: hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from East Jerusalem",
            "description": "Residents in Batn al-Hawa have all but given up hope and blame the Gaza war which, they say, has created ‘an atmosphere of hate’ towards them",
            "content": "The dome of the al-Aqsa mosque gleamed in the late afternoon autumnal sun as Zohair Rajabi looked out from his balcony towards the skyline of Jerusalem’s Old City. Christian pilgrims spilled out of buses, while observant Jewish worshippers gathered o... [5143 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/01/i-have-been-defeated-hundreds-of-palestinians-face-eviction-from-east-jerusalem",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2365a43ee501f258dd11086a3395aceeb1c0da8b/259_0_4200_3360/master/4200.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=8d910e519763565ba44554d291aaeedd",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-01T06:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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