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": 163214,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3fc8cc6561463e3d67494fda6007709e",
            "title": "Man gets jail for sending pork slices to 7 mosques",
            "description": "The man was upset that his work contract had not been renewed and wanted the recipients of the pork to harass a woman he blamed for losing his job.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: Upset that his work contract had not been renewed, a man sent pork slices to seven mosques along with details of a woman he blamed for his employment situation.\nBill Tan Keng Hwee, a 62-year-old Singaporean man, was sentenced on Monday (Ma... [3634 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/man-jailed-pork-7-mosques-6113081",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--Wz1x2bbM--/c_crop,h_466,w_830,x_0,y_108/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2021-08:mediacorp,w_0.1/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2024/03/27/state_courts_file_photo.png?itok=3YN6piVv",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T06:34:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c5e388fb175c65e1c821bb152e1d11ce",
            "title": "American citizen tests positive for hantavirus",
            "description": "Passengers evacuated from the cruise ship began flying home aboard military and government planes on Sunday after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands.",
            "content": "GRANADILLA DE ABONA, Spain: One of 17 American citizens being repatriated from a hantavirus-hit cruise ship has tested mildly positive for the virus, the US health department said on Sunday (May 10).\n\"One passenger currently has mild symptoms and ano... [5040 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/hantavirus-cruise-ship-spain-evacuation-completion-6112576",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--SmJ0FzgZ--/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/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/05/11/ap26130664276800.jpg?itok=o3gzwzLF",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T05:28:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d6dcfd20409733789519cb473c9e2440",
            "title": "Former PM Thaksin released from prison",
            "description": "Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra left Klongprem Central Prison in Bangkok on parole and was greeted by family members and a crowd of supporters on Monday morning.",
            "content": "Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra left Klongprem Central Prison in Bangkok on parole and was greeted by family members and a crowd of supporters on Monday morning.\nThaksin - in white shirt, blue trousers and with short and partly grey hair - w... [2258 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/3253133/former-pm-thaksin-released-from-prison",
            "image": "https://static.bangkokpost.com/media/content/20260511/c1_3253133_260511081016_700.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T05:24:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0df0ddcc4955a9624f60215d59a26feb",
                "name": "Bangkok Post",
                "url": "https://www.bangkokpost.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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