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": 83962,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d795535a960a458ccfec091f27c5e08b",
            "title": "Cross-border taxis allowed drop-offs anywhere in Singapore, Johor Bahru from May 4",
            "description": "Passengers can also alight anywhere in Iskandar Puteri, Forest City, Kulai and Senai, but foreign taxis can only do pick-ups at designated points.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: Travellers between Singapore and Malaysia will enjoy greater flexibility from May 4, with cross-border taxis allowed to drop off passengers anywhere in Singapore and across several parts of Johor, including Johor Bahru.\nThe move is part of... [3789 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/ministry-transport-cross-border-taxi-services-6089511",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--pJeU3qqS--/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/2025/12/05/dsc_4465_copy.jpg?itok=qIyMvHDp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T08:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "356fa1868de9f579b609c317996ff833",
            "title": "19 months’ jail for man who committed obscene acts on friends’ special needs teen daughter",
            "description": "The man was caught red-handed by the victim's domestic helper, who shouted at him. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE – A man repeatedly committed obscene acts on his long-time friends’ special needs daughter when she was between 16 and 17 years old, after caring for her over almost a decade.\nHe was caught red-handed by the girl’s domestic helper in 2023.\n... [2806 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/19-months-jail-for-man-who-committed-obscene-acts-on-friends-special-needs-teen-daughter",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/193a600ce6d05e13cbfb8018293a99fd37e24480d97606b0d3634fa915d628f1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T07:56:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0c5169537a2172eba623e98aa930394e",
            "title": "Unsupervised toddler drowning: Coroner says paramedics' insistence on birth cert 'unnecessary' but unlikely to change outcome",
            "description": "The father said he had begged the paramedics to take his son to the hospital first, but was told the boy's birth certificate was required to do so.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: A toddler died after accidentally drowning in his home pool, with his parents alleging a delay in taking him to hospital as paramedics wanted to see the child's birth certificate.\nThe State Coroner on Wednesday (Apr 29) ruled the death of ... [7753 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/toddler-drown-paramedic-insist-birth-cert-6091421",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--KOxBK8pV--/c_crop,h_900,w_1600,x_0,y_39/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/2025/08/19/img_20250815_073420_edit_182995726457898.jpg?itok=KunvvYAL",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T07:11:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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