Singapore Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Singapore with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Singapore Nation 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 Singapore.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=sg&category=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 91692,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d1594ea09331a7048b45d06d62c00c20",
            "title": "Lawyer attrition a systemic problem driven by toxic culture, bullying, court pressures: LawSoc study",
            "description": "The study said the issue stems not from individual failings, but from structural and cultural conditions that may have remained unchanged for decades.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: Lawyers are leaving private practice amid toxic workplace cultures, bullying, unreasonable workloads and a profession that intrudes into their personal lives, according to a study commissioned by the Law Society of Singapore (LawSoc).\nThe ... [9261 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/workplace-culture-interaction-courts-bullying-lawyers-attrition-study-6200181",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--asWAdgI1--/c_crop,h_1822,w_3240,x_0,y_168/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:cna,w_0.1/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/05/12/1000196735.jpg?itok=uEA-ZupJ",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-22T16:02:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c9b6c090bfe75c83d33d84292fc4b245",
            "title": "Critically endangered hawksbill turtle spotted in East Coast Park",
            "description": "The encounter marks one of the first arrivals of the 2026 nesting season.\nRead more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE - Under the overcast sky on June 22, one of the first sea turtles of Singapore’s 2026 nesting season lumbered ashore in East Coast Park.\nThe critically endangered hawksbill turtle was spotted by chance at about 5pm by staff from the Nationa... [2664 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/critically-endangered-hawksbill-turtle-spotted-at-east-coast-park",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/1ceacd43626b1d69ad4b1f9095005e8a4b84ffcccff29b44134c2ad80fca2b12",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-22T12:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8aec39ffa85a8184ecd3ef530b6db8d5",
            "title": "Ex-childcare teacher gets 1½ years’ jail for using pen to stab special needs boy’s head repeatedly",
            "description": "The woman had stabbed the child for no apparent reason, the court heard. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE – A former early intervention teacher at a childcare centre was sentenced to 1½ years’ jail on June 22 after she used a pen to repeatedly stab the head of a six-year-old boy with special needs for no apparent reason.\nThe 45-year-old woman h... [2243 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/ex-childcare-teacher-gets-11-2-years-jail-for-using-pen-to-stab-special-needs-boys-head-repeatedly",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/5a63a75dd20dc7b912fe4428d6cd0d9ff901e70872157a8454aac665cbcfa920",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-22T10:34:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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