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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": 127854,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a40dc4b6a6c5273665d8803d74817009",
            "title": "ST Engineering's AirFish water-skimming craft set to operate on Singapore-Batam ferry route",
            "description": "The AirFish is able to fly at three times the speed of existing marine craft and can carry up to 10 people, including crew.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: ST Engineering on Tuesday (Feb 3) announced a deal with a regional ferry operator that will see its AirFish Voyager wing-in-ground craft, which skims across the water's surface, plying a ferry route between Singapore and Batam.\nThe AirFish... [1697 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/st-engineering-airfish-water-skimming-wing-in-ground-vessel-batam-ferry-route-5903436",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--jUXXCOo4--/c_crop,h_806,w_1434,x_119,y_45/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/02/03/airfish-wig-craft-in-trial-operation_mod.jpg?itok=YPL23JZF",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T09:48:34Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "89331d0b6acc162773022e562cdbeff0",
            "title": "Man who allegedly posed as police officer and raped maid goes on trial",
            "description": "Sharveen Chetty allegedly threatened to make life difficult for the victim and her friends when she resisted him.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: A man went on trial on Tuesday (Feb 3), accused of raping a migrant domestic worker after luring her away from a group of her friends by posing as a police officer.\nSharveen Chetty, a 48-year-old Malaysian, was actually an employee of tran... [1613 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/man-pose-police-officer-rape-maid-trial-5903431",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--MXduuZPZ--/c_crop,h_837,w_1489,x_1,y_127/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/2022/10/18/supreme_court_file_photo_sep_23_2022_1.jpg?itok=gFXBOhsb",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T09:34:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d000de0484d79214085b909c27000bba",
            "title": "Nipah virus: Singapore requires daily temperature checks for new migrant workers who travelled to West Bengal",
            "description": "Headache has also been added to the list of symptoms in a health questionnaire for newly arrived migrant workers in Singapore.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: Newly arrived migrant workers who have travelled to West Bengal must undergo daily temperature checks while staying at their onboard centre in Singapore, and continue to monitor their own temperature and symptoms for 14 days from their arr... [5395 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/nipah-virus-migrant-worker-dormitory-west-bengal-temperature-headache-symptom-5903406",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--I_oh8EAm--/c_crop,h_900,w_1600,x_0,y_0/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/2023/05/23/sya_6867-3.jpg?itok=B6D4Qv-l",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T09:14:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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