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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": 146456,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "199720d35fe921c61fdaf67865599ef6",
            "title": "Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast",
            "description": "First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC",
            "content": "An ancient Egyptian pleasure boat that matches a description by the first-century Greek historian Strabo has been discovered off the coast of Alexandria, to the excitement of archaeologists.\nWith its palaces, temples and the 130 metre-high Pharos lig... [4328 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/08/ancient-egyptian-pleasure-boat-found-archaeologists-alexandria-coast",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5e042625e0270ca7e1b1d813a86f661e65e28ba6/278_0_4332_3466/master/4332.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=8d92cc5808c60edd3d16bd45fe03c76d",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-08T09:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c30949b1b4e4c1509d8e24614b348b2b",
            "title": "Ukraine war live: Zelenskyy to meet Starmer, Macron and Merz in London over peace push",
            "description": "Ukrainian president’s discussions with leaders of UK, France and Germany come after US-Ukraine talks in Florida failed to achieve breakthrough",
            "content": "Morning opening: London talks\nJakub Krupa\nUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to meet UK’s Keir Starmer, France’s Emmanuel Macron and Germany’s Friedrich Merz for talks in London about the war in Ukraine.\nThe meeting comes after three days of ... [1686 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/dec/08/ukraine-zelenskyy-starmer-merz-macron-london-trump-russia-europe-news-latest-updates",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e806c48978a5ab3e063f3a525e239ab3eec4d24f/0_0_4708_3766/master/4708.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=99fd6773df043ff477c35a99efc620f1",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-08T08:38:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "74c3065e9de191d89b77159e7fae3242",
            "title": "Can you solve it? The forgotten Dutch invention that created the modern world",
            "description": "You saw it here first!",
            "content": "There are many contenders for “world’s greatest invention.” The wheel. The printing press. The steam engine.\nAccording to a new book, however, that title should go to the mechanised sawmill invented by Dutchman Cornelis Corneliszoon in 1593.\n“Before ... [1816 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/08/can-you-solve-it-the-forgotten-dutch-invention-that-created-the-modern-world",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/fe61d9b826df170af1c53a244fb7f1adcbc2341e/0_0_4687_3750/master/4687.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=82aefe645478cb43aea320d2d1fb7d9b",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-08T07:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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