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": 159730,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ce4be24e012a383cdd129a869c1a7030",
            "title": "AP x Swatch Royal Pop launch: Long queues at Ion Orchard and Marina Bay Sands, VivoCity outlet closes due to crowds",
            "description": "Long queues formed outside select Swatch stores ahead of the much-anticipated launch of the Audemars Piguet x Swatch Royal Pop collection.",
            "content": "Advertisement\n16 May 2026 12:49PM (Updated: 16 May 2026 02:10PM)\nAdd CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results.\nRead a summary of this article on FAST.\nGet bite-sized news via a new\ncards inter... [5752 chars]",
            "url": "https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/style-beauty/ap-swatch-royal-pop-audemars-piguet-singapore-583186",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--UNUQhAxI--/c_crop,h_900,w_1600,x_0,y_258/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/2026/05/16/ap_swatch_royal_pop_launch.png?itok=FAnfJUgA",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T06:10:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9a6d991b6f7d854881682587ef70f83a",
                "name": "CNA Lifestyle",
                "url": "https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1bf696577718612ca4776c5372ead419",
            "title": "Chee Hong Tat wraps up trip to Sydney, Melbourne to learn more about Australia's urban planning",
            "description": "A recent work trip to Sydney and Melbourne has taught National Development Minister Chee Hong Tat more about Australia's experience in urban planning and rejuvenation. Chee shared more in a Facebook post on May 15 and said he had gone to Australia with colleagues from the Ministry of National Development (MND) and Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Industry partners from the...",
            "content": "A recent work trip to Sydney and Melbourne has taught National Development Minister Chee Hong Tat more about Australia's experience in urban planning and rejuvenation.\nChee shared more in a Facebook post on May 15 and said he had gone to Australia wi... [2169 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/chee-hong-tat-wraps-trip-sydney-melbourne-learn-more-about-australias-urban-planning",
            "image": "https://media.asiaone.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_top_image/public/original_images/May2026/Chee%20Hong%20Tat%20Sydney%20Melbourne%20Australia.jpg?itok=72njnnJF",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T04:37:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fc22c9ffdaef43b7870c03b37c3a22ee",
                "name": "AsiaOne",
                "url": "https://www.asiaone.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7491dc03d2b7e502eb6d660251cb6a87",
            "title": "Real kraken? Ancient predators up to 19m long",
            "description": "New research suggests giant octopuses from the Cretaceous period may have reached 19m, rivaling marine reptiles and modern giant squid. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "TOKYO – Giant octopuses that lived between 72 million and 100 million years ago may have reached a size of up to 19m, making them among the largest invertebrates known to science and likely apex ocean predators, according to new research led by a Jap... [2073 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/world/ancient-octopuses-may-have-been-up-to-19m-long-study-finds",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/e6e150942bd3338ec78d7916f27306eb282d2db01690ae21c0be54f49172025f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T04:30:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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