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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": 53504,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "eb3f0ed2e16852459d4594a197a2e29f",
            "title": "Israel pounds Beirut in expansion of war; Iran says 'some countries' have begun mediation efforts",
            "description": "Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian did not identify the countries that are mediating or provide further details.",
            "content": "BEIRUT: Israel pounded Beirut on Friday (Mar 6) after ordering an unprecedented evacuation of the entire southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a major expansion of the war against Iran it began a week ago alongside the United States.\nIsrael also ... [5718 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/israel-pounds-beirut-in-expansion-war-iran-says-some-countries-have-begun-mediation-efforts-5976811",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--3J28NiJe--/c_crop,h_449,w_799,x_1,y_42/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/2026-03-06T111446Z_1_LYNXMPEM250QA_RTROPTP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-LEBANON.JPG?itok=3nD3N9L9",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-06T13:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dd23cfb68a0318e7b50d1f4735605d60",
            "title": "Killing Iran’s leader, ‘appointing’ new one: Is everything fair in war?",
            "description": "The UN Charter implicitly outlaws assassinations. Executive orders signed by past US presidents explicitly ban the premeditated murder of foreign leaders. But Mr Trump has shaken off such strictures. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "Follow our live coverage here.\n– How far can US President Donald Trump go in remaking a sovereign country like Iran?\nNot only did Mr Trump take credit for\nsupreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s death on the first day of the war,\nbut by the sixth day... [8098 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/killing-irans-leader-appointing-new-one-is-everything-fair-in-war",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/99bd86af8e5a0e765e8ac53cb1066ff1ac051338e7633b234ff2bfe3a2e3412e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-06T12:08:48Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ce21d25b9917bbfefefe82b2f9dc79bc",
            "title": "Indonesia to ban social media access for under-16s, says communications minister amid a ‘digital emergency’",
            "description": "Implementation will begin on Mar 28 this year, with Communications Minister Meutya Hafid saying that the regulation makes Indonesia the “first non-Western country” to introduce age-appropriate access restrictions in the digital space.",
            "content": "JAKARTA: Indonesia said on Friday (Mar 6) it would ban social media access for children under 16, citing threats from online pornography, cyberbullying, online fraud and internet addiction, in a move its minister stressed has made it the “first non-W... [5089 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-social-media-ban-under-16-children-5976561",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--da4ECZCi--/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/2026-03-06T101249Z_4_LYNXMPEM250AR_RTROPTP_3_INDIA-SOCIALMEDIA.JPG?itok=TUulh8aI",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-06T11:56:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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