Singapore World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Singapore with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Singapore World 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=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 65976,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "750c207548e48e038808fd335adccf7e",
            "title": "2 Singaporeans dead after sports car crashes and goes up in flames on road to Mersing",
            "description": "Two Singaporeans have died after their sports car crashed and caught fire on the road to Mersing, Malaysia. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE – Two Singaporeans died on the spot after the luxury sports car they were in crashed and caught fire on the way to the Malaysian coastal town Mersing on May 9.\nThe victims were the 34-year-old man driving the Ferrari 458 Italian supercar an... [1504 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/2-singaporeans-dead-after-sports-car-crashes-and-goes-up-in-flames-on-road-to-mersing",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/77893ec81d9a4d61d8ca4e8fd7f45581bd23d6e412cfea9e1115f9ce47218806",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T11:14:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9dfb0a92bb027750f29d6404d3dd0ce0",
            "title": "Rescuers find body of first confirmed fatality from Mount Dukono eruption; believed to be Indonesian national",
            "description": "Two Singaporean hikers remain missing despite their locations having been identified.",
            "content": "TOBELO, Indonesia: Indonesian authorities on Saturday (May 9) confirmed the death of a hiker who was caught up in the eruption of Mount Dukono a day earlier, adding that they believe the victim was an Indonesian national.\nRescuers are in the midst of... [1796 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-mount-dukono-volcano-eruption-hiker-death-confirmed-6110986",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--b6J-fRsn--/c_crop,h_720,w_1280,x_0,y_410/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/2026/05/09/indo-first-body-recovered-edit-1.jpg?itok=XetQ-lyf",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T08:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e4e6396ee3bcdf6a430b92ab54d796fb",
            "title": "Singapore universities assessing impact after global cyberattack on educational tool Canvas",
            "description": "Hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach, saying it had stolen data related to nearly 9,000 schools worldwide.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: Educational institutions in Singapore are assessing the impact of a recent cyberattack that knocked down learning tool Canvas, even as the platform has since been restored.\nThe hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the brea... [4220 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/canvas-hack-singapore-universities-cyberattack-6110791",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--8xficJd7--/c_crop,h_4644,w_8256,x_0,y_256/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/2021-08/file_photo_of_a_nus_signage.jpg?itok=c_BskoPj",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T04:29:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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