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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": 161902,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9ae4c88838a80b51f31d73592892f666",
            "title": "Middle East crisis live: US and Iran race to find missing pilot; Trump warns Tehran over strait of Hormuz",
            "description": "Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it was combing an area near where plane came down in south-western Iran",
            "content": "Key events\nShow key events only\nPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature\nMore on the reported strike near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it has been informed of the incident, and that no in... [10531 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/04/middle-east-crisis-live-us-iran-war-missing-pilot-downed-jet-israel-bombards-beirut?page=with:block-69d0b2aa8f086bcf9a2a05d9",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f25ff0881cf8104e60c5476df96b96139c8b8527/483_103_2602_2082/master/2602.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=85898f54bcb652f9a6a1878ffbe14a53",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-04T15:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "be06710f7dd517c91820966f862f3423",
            "title": "Fugitive mafia boss wanted for murder arrested in Amalfi Coast luxury villa",
            "description": "Roberto Mazzarella has been on the run for more than a year and was living under a false name, police say.",
            "content": "A mafia boss wanted for murder has been arrested at a luxury villa on the Amalfi Coast after more than a year on the run, Italian police have said.\nIn a statement, Italy's Carabinieri military police force said Roberto Mazzarella had escaped last Jan... [906 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn437qkk80lo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/2378/live/9196d0f0-3016-11f1-8045-2550a829c511.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-04T11:10:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fe268f8ef7e4694e4ed96ebe74081f73",
            "title": "Lebanese forced to bury their dead twice as war robs them of final goodbyes",
            "description": "As Israel expands its invasion of southern Lebanon, people are having to bury their dead in temporary graves",
            "content": "In Lebanon, the dead are usually given one last glimpse of their home town before they are laid to rest. Hoisted high above the heads of the living, their casket is slowly marched through the streets where they grew up.\nIt is the hands of their loved... [4275 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/04/lebanese-forced-to-bury-their-dead-twice-as-war-robs-them-of-final-goodbyes",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/16ccc2bd22ec18816eb1cc28fb3c7190541c9823/479_59_4853_3883/master/4853.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=f7d16d14b692b8e0820ffd844827544b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-04T11:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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