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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": 157814,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ff05096c102beeb1d6df6bf0b2348590",
            "title": "Snow, sleet and freezing rain cause havoc across America",
            "description": "A massive winter storm across much of the US, spreading from Texas all the way to New England, affects powerlines, traffic and air travel.",
            "content": "A massive winter storm in North America has brought sleet, freezing rain and snow to much of the US, with subzero temperatures disrupting air and road traffic.\nTree branches and power lines snapped under the weight of ice, and hundreds of thousands o... [5679 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/snow-sleet-and-freezing-rain-cause-havoc-across-united-states/106268992",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/30ba798b6c2119498fb25205607834f4?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1969&cropW=3500&xPos=0&yPos=182&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-26T01:51:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b12ca59066cc15f157a29e6499b80544",
            "title": "China’s top ranking general under investigation for alleged violations amid ongoing purge of leadership",
            "description": "Zhang Youxia, second-in command under president Xi Jinping as chairman of the Central Military Commission, has long been seen as Xi’s closest military ally",
            "content": "China’s most senior general is under investigation, China’s defence ministry has confirmed, in the highest profile case to date in an aggressive anti-graft purge of senior military leadership in recent months.\nZhang Youxia serves as second-in-command... [4007 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/26/china-top-ranking-general-zhang-youxia-investigation",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ce6c898bcfb7b785c18e1a9c0582879040448a75/231_0_3136_2509/master/3136.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=7e3fb31bef10bdaa07110aaad8a240c4",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-26T01:43:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "514449390fd41663c982dd9c9eaffeb2",
            "title": "Here’s the latest on the first trilateral talks between Ukraine, Russia, and US as negotiators set plans for future meeting",
            "description": "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday highlighted progress made by Russian, Ukrainian and American negotiators in the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi, even as the path to achieving peace remains unclear.",
            "content": "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday highlighted progress made by Russian, Ukrainian and American negotiators in the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi, even as the path to achieving peace remains unclear.\n“A lot was discussed, and... [5087 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/25/europe/latest-on-ukraine-russia-trilateral-talks-latam-intl",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap26025590605995.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-26T01:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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