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Malaysia News API

Get the live top headlines from Malaysia with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Malaysia 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 Malaysia.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=my&category=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 12860,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d1ba38f8550ca94b69c1c52ce9f81c4e",
            "title": "YouTube personality Adam the Woo found dead at home",
            "description": "He was 51.",
            "content": "YouTube personality Adam the Woo (pic), known for his videos about his travels and exploring theme parks and other pop culture destinations, has died.\nThe content creator, whose full name was David Adam Williams, was found dead Monday in his home in ... [1999 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/entertainment/2025/12/24/youtube-personality-adam-the-woo-found-dead-at-home",
            "image": "https://apicms.thestar.com.my/uploads/images/2025/12/24/3688540.png",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-24T07:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9e101ab52b61103bab415ad7fb0e5659",
                "name": "The Star",
                "url": "https://www.thestar.com.my"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a2e348294ab94f60d5b4c970fa8cb973",
            "title": "Ex-minister awarded RM45,000 in libel suit over MCO travel article",
            "description": "High Court rules that Sin Chew Media Corp, publisher of Sin Chew Daily, had failed to meet professional media standards.",
            "content": "The suit concerned a Sin Chew Daily article, published on Sept 1, 2020, which claimed that Khairuddin Aman Razali, then plantation and commodities minister, had travelled abroad during the height of the movement control order (MCO), imposed during th... [1530 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/12/24/ex-minister-awarded-rm45000-in-libel-suit-over-mco-travel-article",
            "image": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=75,format=auto,fit=cover,dpr=1,width=1200,height=630,gravity=center/https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/677017d5-5_sin_chew_daily_moganraj_fmt_21042025-copy-14.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-24T06:56:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "36fca29da23c4fb21f6b9e6062eb3d22",
                "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
                "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f649fca54c2c59997461f71fdf27c78a",
            "title": "Maybank hit by intermittent slowdown, DuitNow payments and transfers affected",
            "description": "KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) is currently experiencing intermittent slowness affecting DuitNow services, including QR payments, transfers, bill payments...",
            "content": "KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) is currently experiencing intermittent slowness affecting DuitNow services, including QR payments, transfers, bill payments and related transactions.\nOn the X platform today, Maybank said that some... [258 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2025/12/24/maybank-hit-by-intermittent-slowdown-duitnow-payments-and-transfers-affected/203063",
            "image": "https://www.malaymail.com/malaymail/uploads/images/2025/12/24/316388.JPG",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-24T06:37:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b31ab9de2dcdd2e8f28efaa42a2f74b6",
                "name": "Malay Mail",
                "url": "https://www.malaymail.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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