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Canada World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Canada 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 Canada.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ca&category=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 230608,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2e2c2b54d190f77978b04b014564fe68",
            "title": "People in Iran make contact with outside world, describe scenes on the streets",
            "description": "With the internet down in Iran, accurately reflecting the demonstrations from abroad has been difficult. But with the return of some communications on Tuesday, The Associated Press was able to make contact with people in the country who were witnessing and taking part in the protests.",
            "content": "With the internet down in Iran, accurately reflecting the demonstrations from abroad has been difficult. But with the return of some communications on Tuesday, The Associated Press was able to make contact with people in the country who were witnessi... [4144 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-protests-voices-9.7043848",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/0dff3a96-edff-4350-b17c-43f9a79b1685,1768335311161/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C355%2C5303%2C2982%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-13T20:52:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e8cf9999896af0e42226df8221880a20",
            "title": "‘Leave Iran now,’ Ottawa urges Canadians as protests, crackdown intensify",
            "description": "The advisory points to the arrest and detention by Iranian authorities of several individuals 'including foreign and dual nationals.'",
            "content": "Canadians are being urged to “leave Iran now” in an updated travel advisory issued by Global Affairs Canada as protests and a crackdown by Tehran intensify.\n“Risk level — you should leave Iran now,” GAC said in an updated travel advisory on Tuesday.\n... [1050 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11611615/iran-protests-canada-travel-advisory/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Iran-advisory.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-13T20:28:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2a22a7b649c504763d82c1dd7c153bb2",
            "title": "Stephen Spencer Pittman: What we know about Mississippi synagogue fire suspect",
            "description": "Hours before a multi-year honor roll student and varsity baseball player set fire to the oldest synagogue in Mississippi, the teen suspect posted an antisemitic meme on Instagram, an account that appears to belong to him shows.",
            "content": "Hours before a destructive arson fire at the oldest synagogue in Mississippi, the 19-year-old suspect posted an antisemitic meme on Instagram, an account that appears to belong to him shows.\nStephen Spencer Pittman, identified by the FBI as the perso... [4279 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/13/us/stephen-pittman-mississippi-synagogue-fire-wwk",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/jackson-synagogue.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-13T20:18:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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