Singapore News API

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

Get API key for the Singapore 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 156304,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7a4bb961e23c15fa2486a3a26a3ed77e",
            "title": "AI spots pancreatic cancer years before it shows up: Study",
            "description": "The system, called Redmod, analyses patterns in CT images that are not visible to the human eye. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "An artificial intelligence (AI) system can spot pancreatic cancer long before it shows up on scans, raising the prospect of catching one of the deadliest tumours early enough to successfully treat it, a study found.\nThe model, developed by researcher... [2545 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/world/ai-spots-pancreatic-cancer-years-before-it-shows-up-study",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/6027ea05b9658169ea6a705d2b804b9a0ccf296609271ca021c52bd31d030384",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T04:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a82506d160cfeb9d6f3518dfe48c6471",
            "title": "PayNow to end nickname option for users",
            "description": "PayNow is discontinuing its nickname feature from June 6 to enhance protection against impersonation scams and strengthen user security. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE - PayNow users will no longer be able to customise their display names from June 6. Instead, transactions will reflect the name registered with their bank, with only selected letters shown to protect their privacy.\nIn a statement on April 2... [1645 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/business/no-more-aliases-paynow-to-end-nickname-option-for-users-from-june-6",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/a2a36f335c2ddc9b2bf367c454e401865487111a0fcfa50444af27e66de82611",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T04:11:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d65882553ee5fa7463954272027b00cf",
            "title": "SATS apologises after video shows rough handling of luggage at Changi Airport",
            "description": "A service crew member was seen tossing luggage onto a baggage belt, behaviour that SATS said \"does not reflect\" its service standards.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: Ground-handling company SATS has apologised over a video circulating online showing a service crew member throwing luggage onto a baggage belt at Changi Airport.\n\"The behaviour seen in the video does not reflect our service standards or th... [1720 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/baggage-handling-luggage-toss-changi-airport-sats-apologises-video-6088016",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--8JmTXvPf--/c_crop,h_758,w_1348,x_0,y_182/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/04/29/sats_rough_handling_comp.png?itok=quknFjaF",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T03:17:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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