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": 162184,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "94185f93c976c391fc3815359e2e1270",
            "title": "Strait of Hormuz ‘completely open’, Iran says; Stock market continues its record-setting rally",
            "description": "Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.",
            "content": "Pinned post from 11.28am\nGo to latest\nWhat you need to know\nBy Bianca Hall\nGood morning. Bianca Hall here, taking over our rolling coverage of conflict in the Middle East from Anthony Segaert.\nIt’s been an eventful 24 hours. Here are the latest devel... [9445 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/world/middle-east/us-iran-war-live-updates-strait-of-hormuz-completely-open-iran-says-stock-market-s-record-setting-rally-continues-20260417-p5zovq.html?post=p5aakm",
            "image": "https://static.ffx.io/images/$zoom_1.3238%2C$multiply_0.7554%2C$ratio_1.777778%2C$width_1059%2C$x_0%2C$y_54/t_crop_custom/q_86%2Cf_auto/7918499de43bf050ac09343eb4bdfd978002a1078b702f0c68ee08e98aba3e94",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T04:09:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8952aa953859e9190b836f04018f5efe",
                "name": "The Age",
                "url": "https://www.theage.com.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "edb08f88159af67220a4ad7a92447e00",
            "title": "Trump reveals 'maybe he WON'T extend ceasefire with Iran' as it's set to expire in just days: 'Start dropping bombs again'",
            "description": "President Donald Trump hints at not extending the ceasefire with Iran, and threatens dropping MORE bombs instead.",
            "content": "President Donald Trump said he is weighing whether to extend the ceasefire with Iran as its expiration approaches, while also warning of possible further military action.\nSpeaking Friday, the commander in chief indicated the decision remains under co... [4377 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15744067/trump-reveals-WONT-extend-ceasefire-Iran-expire.html",
            "image": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/04/18/04/107983927-0-image-a-83_1776483094148.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T03:31:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4aca9b1f6287a5f7a6dea911063bdb49",
                "name": "Daily Mail",
                "url": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "710b0234b2de468e126a6c04a4cac630",
            "title": "India rejects move to increase number of women in parliament",
            "description": "The largest democracy in the world has rejected a move to increase the number of women in parliament. What could have been a 'beacon' for global women's rights became marred by controversy.",
            "content": "It is the largest demoracy in the world but just 14 per cent of the politicians are women.\nYet, a move to increase the number of female politicians in India, putting women's health, gender-based violence and education more prominently on the agenda, ... [4033 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-18/india-rejects-move-to-increase-women-in-parliament/106578754",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/8388804211731cd24c8b369b7ff4de2b?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1314&cropW=2336&xPos=1282&yPos=820&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T03:11:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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