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": 62036,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "539f8f1b421f5d0beb6490c07d443fb3",
            "title": "US trade court rules Trump tariffs illegal, but issues narrow block",
            "description": "But one judge said it was premature to grant victory to the small business plaintiffs. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "- A US trade court dealt another blow to US President Donald Trump’s tariff strategy, ruling on May 7 that his latest 10 per cent global tariffs are unjustified under a 1970s trade law, but blocked the levies only for two private importers and the st... [4983 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/world/us-trade-court-rules-against-trumps-10-global-tariffs",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/0ffda9d7555e90d5e34228f35157a478cc6a3a757fa16374ea6b0e5e6f78e873",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T10:42:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "da76b543f85dcd341982ffc8abe45326",
            "title": "Three hikers dead in Indonesia's Mount Dukono eruption; Singaporeans among the missing",
            "description": "Mount Dukono, located in North Maluku province, erupted on Friday morning, sending a smoke cloud 10km into the air.",
            "content": "JAKARTA: Three hikers, including two foreigners, were killed and 10 were missing after a volcano on Indonesia's eastern Halmahera island erupted on Friday (May 8), spewing an ash cloud into the air, a local police chief said.\n\"There are three dead, t... [1545 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-mount-dukono-eruption-hikers-trapped-6108851",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--eNOzcd8Q--/c_crop,h_1575,w_2800,x_0,y_110/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2023-11:afp_watermark_14112023,w_0.1/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/05/08/000_344h6lx.jpg?itok=-Y99xZpi",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T06:41:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e5eb26c641d7c62fee660a4c3ae40e18",
            "title": "Myanmar Says Giant 11,000-Carat Ruby Found in Mandalay Region",
            "description": "Myanmar has announced the discovery of a massive ruby weighing 11,000 carats (2.2 kilograms), a rare find even for the country’s central gemstone hub of Mogok near Mandalay.",
            "content": "Myanmar has announced the discovery of a massive ruby weighing 11,000 carats (2.2 kilograms), a rare find even for the country’s central gemstone hub of Mogok near Mandalay.\nThe purplish-red stone, found after the new military-backed government took ... [321 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-08/myanmar-says-giant-11-000-carat-ruby-found-in-mandalay-region",
            "image": "https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuBiPREhj3P8/v0/1200x800.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T05:11:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "35303254fdf42d2f3365eadb3d9d8a17",
                "name": "Bloomberg.com",
                "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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