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": 159212,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "036e1adaff0be137cfc0e41a10f36679",
            "title": "US President Donald Trump says Iran shot down helicopter patrolling Strait of Hormuz",
            "description": "US President Donald Trump has blamed Iran for shooting down a US Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz.",
            "content": "US President Donald Trump has blamed Iran for shooting down a US Apache helicopter that was patrolling the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond.\nTwo crew members aboard a US Army Apache attack helicopter were rescued by a US sea drone after the airc... [1677 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-10/us-chopper-shot-down-near-oman/106778864",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/e893991b0dd7a020dcc5122ddf2511f4?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T17:02:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "874a0b7530c5051ba8e29ac45a1dbb75",
            "title": "Israeli strike on Tyre kills at least eight, warns entire city to evacuate",
            "description": "For the first time, Israel's military has warned the entire city of Tyre to evacuate forcing thousands of people to flee.",
            "content": "Israel has struck the southern Lebanese city of Tyre killing at least eight people and injuring more than 30, according to the Lebanese health ministry.\nLebanon's health ministry described it as one of the deadliest Israeli bombing raids on Tyre sinc... [4210 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-10/israeli-strike-on-tyre-kills-at-least-eight/106778510",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/154ddf7f5bf9f56177442dae44169219?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2813&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=260&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T14:12:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c5e41063d637c44488a9c8bdd6a76983",
            "title": "The spectre of gen Z socialism is haunting the world … according to the Economist",
            "description": "The magazine writes: ‘Resisting Gen-Z socialism is therefore an urgent task.’ That urgency must outweigh any urgency of feeding hungry people",
            "content": "A spectre is haunting Europe and America – the spectre of gen Z socialism.\nThat’s the urgent warning from the Economist in a new cover-story editorial, How to fight back against gen Z socialism. Alarmed by a youthful threat to the established order, ... [4112 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/09/gen-z-socialism-the-economist",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5d35587779ec86cd7100e1893e696da1e6d77d1c/401_0_5067_4054/master/5067.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=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctb3BpbmlvbnMucG5n&enable=upscale&s=5b06121fb8a8cb148dae46ab32047a15",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-09T10:56:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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