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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": 144072,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d085dd261f61e56eb449649270b70679",
            "title": "Anthony Albanese raises bulldozed Australian war graves with Israeli president",
            "description": "Prime minister stresses importance of repairs to graves in Gaza being conducted as soon as possible in meeting with Isaac Herzog",
            "content": "The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has raised the issue of Australian war graves bulldozed by the Israeli military in Gaza directly with the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog.\nDozens of Australian war graves – mostly soldiers who died in Palestine d... [5048 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/12/anthony-albanese-isaac-herzog-bulldozed-australian-war-graves-gaza",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/7525b48159b5326c69ae63bd8708cd1ed1bf96f7/658_0_6433_5147/master/6433.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=839599ac4b46e3efe8d02234e9eee0a3",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-12T06:43:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "63605a0aef4031e049f17dbd79d158e2",
            "title": "Apocalypse no: how almost everything we thought we knew about the Maya is wrong",
            "description": "For many years the prevailing debate about the Maya centred upon why their civilisation collapsed. Now, many scholars are asking: how did the Maya survive?",
            "content": "As a seven-year-old, Francisco Estrada-Belli was afraid all of history would have been discovered by the time he was old enough to contribute. The year was 1970 and he and his parents had come from Rome to visit relatives in the Central American coun... [28283 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/12/apocalypse-no-how-almost-everything-we-thought-we-knew-about-the-maya-is-wrong",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/83f04693a56cf2dd6c814478df313617f5790ae9/1263_1226_3486_2790/master/3486.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=6a9b1b858017b3b9d2110f2bdf8a569a",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-12T05:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "512addfa3be2e613d6086431a50bb07a",
            "title": "‘You call it a shitshow - I say it’s unforgivable’: Lisa Nandy on Epstein, Mandelson and Labour’s torrid week",
            "description": "The culture secretary talks about secret briefings, the need for solidarity and why the government must recognise its big moment of reckoning",
            "content": "It is the day after the night before. On Monday, Keir Starmer looked as if he was on his last political legs. At lunchtime, the Scottish Labour party leader Anas Sarwar called for his resignation, but by the evening, the troops had rallied, and the p... [17132 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/feb/12/lisa-nandy-on-epstein-mandelson-and-labour-torrid-week",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0383c598249e2c1a78de6687d6973084634cc871/468_2561_3863_3091/master/3863.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=6f81e504e3ec19df420f1e42d3bd0e09",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-12T05:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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