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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": 125848,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8106f80791d2fc3759f476d8a96e3607",
            "title": "Norway PM says royal princess showed ‘poor judgment’ over links with Epstein",
            "description": "Norwegian royal family faces yet another scandal.",
            "content": "Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said the country’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit showed “poor judgment” in her extensive contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after correspondence with her was included in a new release of docume... [3113 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.politico.eu/article/norway-jonas-gahr-store-royal-princess-mette-marit-poor-judgment-over-links-us-jeffrey-epstein/",
            "image": "https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=1200,height=630,fit=crop,quality=80,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/02/GettyImages-2247131955-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-02T11:43:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3ba3d17ed2b9c7b829a43e4ec3f59eb0",
                "name": "politico.eu",
                "url": "https://www.politico.eu"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4a72234ccb3d638ed6311f6d8a2e89f3",
            "title": "AIA sues former insurance agent Lin Qiren for S$8.45 million linked to sales shortfall",
            "description": "AIA Singapore claimed that Lin Qiren failed to hit sales targets while using office spaces provided by the insurer.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: Insurer AIA Singapore has taken former insurance agent Lin Qiren to court, alleging the ex-agency leader owes around S$8.45 million (US$6.65 million) arising from failed sales targets tied to AIA-provided office space.\nAccording to court f... [5852 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/aia-sues-insurance-agent-lin-qiren-sales-target-office-spaces-5900846",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--UgMYFseN--/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/2022/02/21/cal_0832_0.jpg?itok=X1kHcq3q",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-02T11:06:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "18c191d8b17fffaf60ad542820fe81a8",
            "title": "Singapore Prison Service to get new commissioner from April",
            "description": "Ms Shie Yong Lee, the current Commissioner of Prisons, will relinquish her appointment on Apr 1 and take up a leadership position in the Ministry of Home Affairs.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: The Singapore Prison Service (SPS) will have a new Commissioner of Prisons from April, as current commissioner Ms Shie Yong Lee relinquishes her appointment.\nMr Matthew Wee Yik Keong will be appointed to her position on Apr 1, the Ministry... [3201 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/sps-new-commissioner-shie-yong-lee-matthew-wee-yik-keong-5900851",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--kYqnRR2h--/c_crop,h_585,w_1041,x_23,y_1/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/02/02/sps-comissioners.png?itok=y_bLxLc2",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-02T11:05:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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