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": 164974,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "971f2cd6d580c4e0d961d12011f21145",
            "title": "Woman buys S$800 East Coast salon package weeks before closure notice, 'free' facial deducted from refund",
            "description": "Woman claims East Coast salon deducted previously \"free\" facial from her refund after announcing its closure after selling her a package.",
            "content": "Woman says East Coast beauty salon deducted ‘free’ facial from refund after announcing closure less than a month after selling package\nA Singapore woman has raised concerns over prepaid beauty packages after an East Coast salon allegedly deducted the... [4085 chars]",
            "url": "https://mustsharenews.com/facial-package-east-coast-salon/",
            "image": "https://mustsharenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Woman-buys-S800-East-Coast-salon-package-weeks-before-closure-notice.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T06:38:41Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f20adb2c40f3110c5d8cac0cba452be3",
                "name": "mustsharenews.com",
                "url": "https://mustsharenews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bc91656c5a7c4c13cd937ee4f1395e41",
            "title": "3 retailers caught using misleading website features such as fake visitor counts, countdown timers",
            "description": "They have stopped these practices and provided formal undertakings to CCS. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE – Three online retailers have been caught using misleading features to influence shoppers by Singapore’s consumer and competition regulator.\nThe companies were found to have used misleading features such as displaying fake visitor counts, f... [3242 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/3-online-retailers-caught-using-misleading-website-features-such-as-fake-visitor-counts-countdown",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/b048f64d9374317d58cc0c91d8dc26face375047331ec8ffb6c2fc91e3957fa1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T06:03:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "aff85ae60d40b7238fd9b7d72a06fa05",
            "title": "Man raped his sister during seven years of sexual abuse, gets jail and caning",
            "description": "The boy began molesting his sister when she was five and first raped her when she was seven to eight.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: A boy began sexually abusing his younger sister from when she was five and he was 12, continuing the assault for seven years and raping her repeatedly.\nAt times when she resisted, the boy punched her, slapped her and pinched her.\nThe offen... [3426 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/man-jail-caning-rape-sister-7-years-6127701",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--HG4RGwwP--/c_crop,h_449,w_799,x_1,y_37/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": "2026-05-18T05:07:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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