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": 92922,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4ba9ca205df6b13507f1cf9fc2391fdc",
            "title": "School caning sends mixed messages to boys and girls",
            "description": "Caning only boys in school highlights gaps in fairness and accountability, raising concerns about the messages children receive on equality and discipline.",
            "content": "The Ministry of Education’s recent disciplinary guidelines, including caning for serious and repeat offences like vaping and bullying, have struck a nerve with me.\nFull disclosure: I’m Gen X. I grew up with the cane – at home and in school. It was fe... [7574 chars]",
            "url": "https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/women/singapore-school-caning-boys-girls-equality-582791",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--Csj3os9X--/c_crop,h_2159,w_3839,x_1,y_1/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/05/06/school-caning-in-singapore-gender-equality.jpg?itok=W0QbDB7p",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T23:23:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9a6d991b6f7d854881682587ef70f83a",
                "name": "CNA Lifestyle",
                "url": "https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "72f3e0221085dfb48691f59b8d9496b4",
            "title": "Man to be charged after allegedly making over 1,000 silent calls to police in a week",
            "description": "\"The man took elaborate measures to conceal his identity, including using a foreign number to make the calls and remaining silent during the calls,\" the police said.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: A 37-year-old man will be charged in court on Wednesday (May 13) for allegedly making over 1,000 silent calls to police hotlines in a week.\nThe Singapore Police Force (SPF) said in a news release on Tuesday that it received more than 1,035... [1117 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/man-be-charged-over-1000-silent-calls-police-week-6116336",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--7nBK2bhd--/c_crop,h_842,w_1498,x_0,y_54/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2022/01/21/istock-1304808879.jpg?itok=ixb2LC7F",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T15:59:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2f35c29756d90758b297735e44b755ae",
            "title": "Woman who stole 19 bottles of wine caught by Sheng Siong’s facial recognition system",
            "description": "Catherine Tan Li Eng was sentenced to eight days’ jail for stealing wine on seven occasions. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE – A woman who stole wine from the same Sheng Siong outlet on multiple occasions was identified by thesupermarket chain’s facial recognition technology.\nCatherine Tan Li Eng, 51, was sentenced to eight days’ jail on May 12 after pleading gui... [1557 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/woman-who-stole-19-bottles-of-wine-from-sheng-shiong-caught-using-facial-recognition-system",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/66e111ee9b517aaa95fe8d004266525c62425a0631bf35cbd1a944ea6ad32f76",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T15:34:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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