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": 151104,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "bbe3d9436349753b8fcd7a765f3d525b",
            "title": "My family and I were left on the street with nowhere to stay after using booking.com",
            "description": "Despite confirming our arrival 24 hours prior, the host became unreachable, the listed phone number was blocked, and we found the property inaccessible.",
            "content": "Each week Traveller publishes a selection of rants, raves and travel tips from our readers. See below on how you can contribute.\nMay 23, 2026 — 5:00am\nYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.\nRemove items from your saved list to add more.... [10895 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/traveller/travel-news/my-family-and-i-were-left-on-the-street-with-nowhere-to-stay-after-using-booking-com-20260520-p5zz4g.html",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_0.18910714285714283%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_105/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/t_metro_traveller_no_label_no_age_social_wm/0a1c7be1fe081bc64a9b32804dc207334faae095",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T19:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "theage.com.au",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "016c8657b5332d8589282e9799fc4c0d",
            "title": "Israel misses the point and consequences of its actions in wake of flotilla outcry",
            "description": "In the wake of an outcry over its treatment of detained activists, Israel has focused on messaging as its actions undermine its support from the international community.",
            "content": "Politics is never at its optimal when it reaches the \"yes but whatever our side did, the other side was worse\" stage.\nUnfortunately, that's long been a recurring theme in the mire that is the Middle East.\nFor the last two-and-a-half years, that has b... [8772 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-23/israel-global-sumud-flotilla-gaza-israeli-detention-ben-gvir/106692316",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/47389f86c3f643d3b1a4734c9d50edaf?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1551&cropW=2758&xPos=0&yPos=147&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T19:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "37e60c27304c2155064025451734a902",
            "title": "Russian President Vladimir Putin says at least six people killed in 'terrorist' attack on student dormitory",
            "description": "Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of a \"terrorist strike\" on a student dormitory in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region that has killed at least six people and injured 39 others.",
            "content": "In short:\nThe Russian President says at least six people have been killed and 39 others injured in a strike on a student dormitory in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region.\nVladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of a \"terrorist strike\".\nWhat's next?\nMr P... [1916 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-23/russia-vows-retaliation-on-deadly-student-dorm-attack/106713694",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/6bb3021857c2e7339370ea1ce1af71c8?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2250&cropW=4000&xPos=0&yPos=134&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T16:06:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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