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": 58380,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2ca474d94bd9350fb67257940746bf34",
            "title": "South China Morning Post",
            "description": "US president says Beijing had sent something ‘that wasn’t very nice’ even though he thought he had an ‘understanding’ with Xi Jinping.",
            "content": "US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that American forces had intercepted a “gift from China” to Iran.\nSpeaking ahead of the expiry of the current two-week ceasefire on Wednesday, Trump told CNBC that Tehran had “probably done a little bit of re... [787 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3350915/us-forces-intercepted-gift-china-iran-donald-trump-says",
            "image": "https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/og_image_scmp_generic/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/04/21/41121473-d009-4447-8bd5-6988e9a64939_228ea489.jpg?itok=kfNpgqDh&v=1776778579",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T12:54:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "9709bfa71bc46e81262e4096f206f257",
                "name": "South China Morning Post",
                "url": "https://www.scmp.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7024cdc87d230e0ba34004e201cdc74d",
            "title": "Amid geopolitical and tech shifts, countries must rethink national security: Vivian Balakrishnan",
            "description": "Domains such as frontier technologies, supply chains and public health have become the concern of national security, said Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: With geopolitical fragmentation and rapid technological change driving new security threats, countries must rethink national security beyond traditional military defence, said Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Tuesday (Apr 21... [5318 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/geopolitical-tech-shifts-national-security-vivian-balakrishnan-6070086",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--idz5P2x0--/c_crop,h_899,w_1599,x_1,y_18/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/2026/04/21/lzx_7057.jpg?itok=K5pi1dyJ",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T12:29:29Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cabe6dd25fffe88cee83aedf15603674",
            "title": "Refreshed guide for local food manufacturing firms to measure progress towards sustainability goals",
            "description": "A refreshed sustainability playbook for food manufacturers was launched by Enterprise Singapore. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE – A refreshed guide will set out progress indicators for food manufacturing companies here to track how sustainable their operations are, such as how much food and packaging waste they generate.\nEnterprise Singapore published an online play... [3690 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/new-guide-for-local-food-manufacturing-companies-to-measure-progress-toward-sustainability-goals",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/57f6e24aa52f9f113b15cc4b226278795f2df2fe04e1cbe5caca639457ecaa2e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-21T10:55:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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