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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": 114112,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "fde6d1e45d70f10946b3811b05efc62f",
            "title": "NASA selects new Artemis payloads to unlock the moon’s secrets",
            "description": "NASA has selected three new scientific investigations that will help deepen understanding of the Moon’s surface, interior, and radiation environment",
            "content": "NASA has selected three new scientific investigations that will help deepen understanding of the Moon’s surface, interior, and radiation environment\nThese three Artemis payloads will fly as part of the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS... [3596 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/nasa-selects-new-artemis-payloads-to-unlock-the-moons-secrets/204091/",
            "image": "https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/iStock-2225408464-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T13:39:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a1c347c5fd9fe81e35d2b0abeeda6e5e",
                "name": "Open Access Government",
                "url": "https://www.openaccessgovernment.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e9c041650f3fa05d4cd9e0f9056f1bb9",
            "title": "Man charged with trafficking almost 2,000 etomidate vape pods; largest haul since Class C drug classification",
            "description": "Muhamad Khairuddin Abdullah was entering Singapore at Woodlands Checkpoint on Tuesday night when Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officers found the e-vaporiser pods hidden in two boxes in the boot of his car.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: A 30-year-old man was charged in court on Thursday (Jan 22) with trafficking nearly 2,000 etomidate e-vaporiser pods.\nThe seizure of the pods two days earlier was the biggest by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) since the classification ... [1197 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/man-charged-trafficking-etomidate-vape-pods-2000-hsa-5876226",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--4AikqvbE--/c_crop,h_626,w_1114,x_0,y_8/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/01/22/screenshot_2026-01-22_191137.png?itok=4I28e3us",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T12:47:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f51e712315ae658e5555f8073e36b7c2",
            "title": "Students question polytechnics’ use of AI in open house publicity materials",
            "description": "Posters and banners featured images of students or alumni that were brushed up using AI. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE – The use of artificial intelligence in publicity materials for open house events at several polytechnics has prompted some discomfort among students, even as the schools defend the practice.\nPosters and banners displayed around campus feat... [5140 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/students-question-polytechnics-use-of-ai-in-open-house-publicity-materials",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/92db66a4fea41351b2d361b18b5c8c888e15568398d98ff2a832ee278722824e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T12:35:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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