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": 146832,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "bab16f84c99cae22eb79e6114529fb2c",
            "title": "Snap Insight: Trump's unilateral ceasefire extension - what it reveals about him and about Iran",
            "description": "US President Donald Trump gave the first clear sign of a power struggle within Iran, says NUS Middle East Institute's Carl Skadian.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: United States President Donald Trump has once again pulled back from the brink.\nWith just hours to go before his two-week ceasefire was due to expire, he went from saying that he expected to resume bombing Iran to announcing an extension o... [3390 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/iran-war-ceasefire-trump-extension-power-struggle-snap-insight-6073166",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--kZ1IetoH--/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_one-cms:core:watermark:ap_data-1,w_0.1/f_auto,q_auto/v1/one-cms/core/Trump_593_9.jpg?itok=k2vDkk-h",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T09:25:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "234a108d68f929e807d734b6d8a65819",
            "title": "'Why does he keep speaking English to me?' Chinese woman scolds AirAsia crew for not speaking Mandarin",
            "description": "A Kuala Lumpur-bound AirAsia flight from Chongqing, China, was delayed for more than an hour on Wednesday (April 22) after a female passenger became uncooperative and rowdy when cabin crew on board spoke to her in English.Checks by AsiaOne indicate that the incident happened on board AirAsia flight D7809, which was scheduled to depart at 2am. Videos posted on social...",
            "content": "A Kuala Lumpur-bound AirAsia flight from Chongqing, China, was delayed for more than an hour on Wednesday (April 22) after a female passenger became uncooperative and rowdy when cabin crew on board spoke to her in English.\nChecks by AsiaOne indicate ... [3435 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.asiaone.com/malaysia/airasia-d7809-incident-china-female-passenger-speak-chinese-english",
            "image": "https://media.asiaone.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_top_image/public/original_images/Apr2026/AirAsia-Chongqing-Kuala-Lumpur-Speak-Chinese.png?itok=VSQNhz_i",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T09:15:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fc22c9ffdaef43b7870c03b37c3a22ee",
                "name": "AsiaOne",
                "url": "https://www.asiaone.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "877d574800fd3967c46a52f00f9c8217",
            "title": "Chief Justice upholds jail term for woman who lied about address to enrol daughter in popular primary school",
            "description": "Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon said he was disappointed in how the woman sought to distance herself from facts she had already pleaded guilty to.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: The Chief Justice on Wednesday (Apr 22) upheld a one-week jail term for a woman who lied about her address in order to enrol her daughter in a popular primary school.\nChief Justice Sundaresh Menon said the sentence was lenient and he would... [7773 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/chief-justice-uphold-jail-woman-lie-address-school-6073186",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--gXuVFRpk--/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2024-04:reuters_1,w_0.1/f_auto,q_auto/v1/one-cms/core/2023-04-26t042121z_1_lynxmpej3p04a_rtroptp_3_singapore-dailylife.jpg?itok=Cm-x8ZmA",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T09:14:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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