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": 156942,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "baa773e8f8122c149f53c8a6bec727f0",
            "title": "UK releases more than 1,000 pages of documents relating to Peter Mandelson appointment",
            "description": "Among the more than 1,000 pages of documents was a note from Peter Mandelson telling then UK foreign secretary that the government would “never regret” giving him the job.",
            "content": "The UK government has published another batch of documents relating to the appointment of Peter Mandelson, a friend of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as the country's ambassador to Washington.\nAmong the more than 1,000 pages of documents was... [2593 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-02/uk-releases-more-documents-on-peter-mandelson-appointment/106747780",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/1e95daaf72bcfb3cc9cdb794e073bfc8?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2572&cropW=4573&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-01T15:12:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "317c427be53aa71662554f2c8b7fbe02",
            "title": "Iranian state media reports talks between US and Iran halted due to Lebanon strikes",
            "description": "Iranian state media is reporting that the country's government has halted negotiations with the United States over an end to the war in the Middle East, in protest over Israel's conduct in Lebanon.",
            "content": "Iranian state media is reporting that the country's government has halted negotiations with the United States over an end to the war in the Middle East, in protest over Israel’s conduct in Lebanon.\nEarlier today Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netany... [5072 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-02/iranian-media-reports-talks-between-us-and-iran-halted/106747668",
            "image": "https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/400fcd21cb04fba2b30eebb5154024d0?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2812&cropW=5000&xPos=0&yPos=261&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-01T14:13:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5cda8b5d5087e0271b0c94a70da9fe74",
                "name": "Australian Broadcasting Corporation",
                "url": "https://www.abc.net.au"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a53a340997cd137ef4d0d199241e9a8c",
            "title": "First Thing: Trump tells critics to ‘sit back and relax’ as Iran claims to target US base",
            "description": "US says it struck Iranian military sites at the weekend, as Iran targets an airbase used by the US to attack southern Iran",
            "content": "Good morning, Martin Belam here. I will be popping into your inbox writing First Thing regularly for the next little while. Here are today’s main stories …\nTrump promises war with Iran ‘will all work out well in the end’\nDonald Trump has told critics... [6647 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/01/first-thing-trump-tells-critics-to-sit-back-and-relax-as-iran-claims-to-target-us-base",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/420fd8db481dc0724ef593db83a4083e94eb14fa/6_380_4207_3366/master/4207.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=2b1ca967a8107cad830bd9619bcfe067",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-01T11:33:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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