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": 144990,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a525506e662ba278c2e678262f1d95c6",
            "title": "Family in Singapore finds rare spherical egg in weekly grocery haul",
            "description": "The family is hoping to sell off the egg “if the price is right”. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE - A weekly grocery run for a family in Singapore turned into an egg-citing affair last week, when nestled in a carton of otherwise oval-shaped eggs that they had purchased was a rare spherical egg.\n“Absolute wonder and joy!”, said Viraj Swa... [1373 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/family-in-singapore-finds-rare-spherical-egg-in-weekly-grocery-haul",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/f48c80d9590e2b478286b0b57bbd7c9e0c6e1f5478448b34614e6d8b6e911538",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T06:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ad5b0909512da91c326ed00ddae59a8b",
            "title": "Singapore High Court dismisses Indonesian fugitive Paulus Tannos' bid to challenge extradition process",
            "description": "The High Court ruled that businessman Paulus Tannos had failed to establish a sufficient basis to allow a judicial review of a decision by Singapore's Law Minister to proceed with Indonesia's extradition request.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: Singapore's High Court has dismissed an application by Indonesian businessman Paulus Tannos to challenge a decision that set in motion proceedings seeking his extradition to Indonesia over his alleged role in a major corruption case.\nIn a ... [5557 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/paulus-tannos-judicial-review-rejected-high-court-singapore-6155636",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--YJBMxt6Y--/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2025/03/13/kpk_paulus_tannos.png?itok=AmJeXTIE",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T05:26:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5080c4ac3a9672f49f0bff89c46478c3",
            "title": "AMEX x SimplyGo offer: Get S$12 off SimplyGo rides, stackable with up to 10 mpd",
            "description": "From now till 31 August 2026, get up to S$12 back on SimplyGo rides with American Express — stackable with miles on DBS and UOB cards.",
            "content": "In March 2025, SimplyGo finally added support for American Express cards, more than eight years after it first started accepting Visa and Mastercard payments. Unfortunately, American Express immediately excluded SimplyGo transactions from earning rew... [4128 chars]",
            "url": "https://milelion.com/2026/06/02/amex-x-simplygo-offer-get-s12-off-simplygo-rides-stackable-with-up-to-10-mpd/",
            "image": "https://milelion.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/amex-simplygo-hero.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T05:25:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d4e68c1de0ceeedd39299b3f37559aaf",
                "name": "The MileLion",
                "url": "https://milelion.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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