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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": 242350,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e30aeb22814ff8edc3f56fbeceb9afc1",
            "title": "US responsible for deadly missile strike on Iran school, preliminary inquiry says",
            "description": "Strike that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, reportedly the result of a targeting mistake by US military planners",
            "content": "A preliminary US military investigation has reportedly determined that Washington was responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school in February that killed scores of children.\nAccording to the New York Times, quotin... [4519 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/11/iran-war-missile-strike-elementary-school",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/98b028e7c24489f429398cc28a238dce8704a71b/500_0_5000_4000/master/5000.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=2b280e01afbab5545ea5374a5e0c7219",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T17:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1999d1aaeb5beb63d8fe35f66b8336b4",
            "title": "Argentina grants asylum to Brasília rioter in move that may sway Brazil vote",
            "description": "Decision to shield pro-Bolsonaro truck driver sentenced for 8 January 2023 attack could inflame Brazil election politics",
            "content": "Argentina has granted asylum to a Brazilian fugitive convicted for his role in 2023 pro-Bolsonaro riots – a decision that analysts say could reverberate in Brazil’s upcoming presidential election.\nA week after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s pres... [4054 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/11/argentina-asylum-brasil-elections",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/78f17ae51e43812fcdad47ec0d607707cf576810/458_0_4583_3667/master/4583.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=6c9478e870f284759c17484c05f5f51f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T15:34:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5691720900045a27ab191289b964a028",
            "title": "Iran threatens to stop oil and gas through Strait of Hormuz",
            "description": "The ongoing American-Israeli war on Iran, for all its complexity and global effects, boils down to a single question: Who can take the pain the longest? A surge in oil prices points to what may be Iran’s most effective weapon and the United States’ biggest vulnerability in continuing the campaign: Damaging the world economy.",
            "content": "DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The ongoing American-Israeli war on Iran, for all its complexity and global effects, boils down to a single question: Who can take the pain the longest? A surge in oil prices points to what may be Iran’s most effective w... [21373 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/2026/03/11/iran-targets-commercial-ships-dubai-airport-and-oil-facilities-as-concerns-grow-over-global-energy/",
            "image": "https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/resizer/v2/6MDRHJHX7NAW5FXDHR7MEZHCWQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=fb809edb54bcd03a9ef96d911ce4b78aa9773a3afb097bccd8ce3f2b4a8b0e6d&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T15:24:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "14f09cdc09e7e8665830f8f0fd836742",
                "name": "BNN Bloomberg",
                "url": "https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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