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": 153732,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "501404dc29a1507194c3fb55d565bed5",
            "title": "Thai princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol dies after long illness",
            "description": "Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, eldest daughter of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn, has died at the age of 47 after a prolonged illness. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "BANGKOK – Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, the eldest daughter of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn, died at the age of 47 after nearly four years in a coma, the royal palace said in a statement on June 12.\nShe fell ill during a military dog traini... [4564 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-kings-eldest-daughter-dies-aged-47-after-long-illness-royal-palace-says",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/311c8bb4ecc6c621f2a5409b403de69221188c3144cc9a26bbb9ebc83e026486",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-12T02:11:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8c3971fcfa7438c57ea5c6a791c957a4",
            "title": "Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO: Is it worth the hype?",
            "description": "SpaceX’s IPO, set to be the largest ever, would also propel Musk to become the world’s first trillionaire.",
            "content": "Elon Musk’s space exploration company SpaceX is finally set to make its long-awaited debut on the public market - a listing that has generated enormous hype and equally intense scrutiny.\nSlated for Friday (Jun 12), the initial public offering (IPO) i... [6181 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/spacex-ipo-elon-musk-record-trillionaire-6174361",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--4jodvozL--/c_crop,h_562,w_1000,x_0,y_103/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_one-cms:core:watermark:ap_data-1,w_0.1/f_auto,q_auto/v1/one-cms/core/SpaceX_IPO_72635.jpg?itok=eO8Qcr2H",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-12T00:59:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "86623b1ce2af23514b0611b7248b14b3",
            "title": "Cosmic dawn fuel discovery unlocks early galaxy growth secrets",
            "description": "Astronomers have discovered a huge reservoir of cold molecular gas, the direct fuel for star formation, in REBELS-25, a massive, star-forming galaxy. The team, led from Leiden University, focused on REBELS-25, seen when the universe was only about 700 million years old, around 5% of its current age. The research is published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.",
            "content": "Astronomers have discovered a huge reservoir of cold molecular gas, the direct fuel for star formation, in REBELS-25, a massive, star-forming galaxy. The team, led from Leiden University, focused on REBELS-25, seen when the universe was only about 70... [4111 chars]",
            "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-06-cosmic-dawn-fuel-discovery-early.html",
            "image": "https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2026/cosmic-dawn-fuel-disco-2.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-11T23:40:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6063be7565dcd637bb5d2946ed6c5329",
                "name": "Phys.org",
                "url": "https://phys.org"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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