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": 166472,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "104b1d38ca1ac0eaca3bef530b1b800d",
            "title": "Trump says Iran deal ‘largely negotiated’, would reopen Strait of Hormuz",
            "description": "Negotiations would be held on curbing Iran’s nuclear programme, Axios reported. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "– Washington and Iran have “largely negotiated” a memorandum of understanding on a peace deal that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump has said, as expectations rose that a turning point might be imminent in the three-month-o... [5560 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/proposed-us-iran-deal-involves-opening-strait-during-60-day-ceasefire-extension-reports",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/ca340ad6b605cf02b94c4d7d0b023bf6b267621b7475cb3ae7b7491a824c39e2",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T09:42:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8f632c0beb26b305bb717c2385ab6b86",
            "title": "Woman sleeping in car arrested after drugs, vape found in vehicle parked in Sin Ming",
            "description": "The suspected drug- and vaporiser-related offences were referred to CNB and HSA, the police said. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE – A 38-year-old woman who was found sleeping in a car parked at a landed residential estate in Sin Ming has been arrested for drug-related offences after suspected drugs, drug-related paraphernalia and vaporisers were found in the vehicle.\n... [1038 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/woman-sleeping-in-car-arrested-after-drugs-vape-found-in-vehicle-parked-in-sin-ming",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/d86d335a062f20b082489c121daed16ae47bf8e74a066036fdbf92575876185a",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T07:45:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0b4f51ae14ac4bf5c05c2d0f4d20e8ae",
            "title": "Free morning off-peak train rides in northeast Singapore reduced crowding by 9%: Jeffrey Siow",
            "description": "“We have been able to shift 9 per cent of commuters off the peak hour, which means that it’s a win-win situation for the northeast commuters,” says the acting transport minister.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: The free morning off-peak train rides in the northeast region of Singapore have reduced crowding on trains by 9 per cent, said acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow on Sunday (May 24).\nDescribing this as a “good outcome”, he said: “We hav... [3813 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/free-morning-peak-train-rides-in-northeast-singapore-reduced-crowding-9-jeffrey-siow-6138751",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--m9j0p-_---/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/2026/05/24/45707_720.jpg?itok=KxFPF1cc",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T06:18:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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