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": 71370,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "922f95e3569421b8ec549e5cd4624f8a",
            "title": "Forty drown in France as people seek relief from Europe-wide heatwave",
            "description": "PARIS: Forty people have drowned while swimming in unsupervised areas in France since the weekend, the prime minister said on Tuesday (Jun 23), as people tried to escape a heatwave sweeping across much of Europe.Britain, Italy and Spain are also sweltering in extreme heat, with record temperatures in some reg",
            "content": "PARIS: Forty people have drowned while swimming in unsupervised areas in France since the weekend, the prime minister said on Tuesday (Jun 23), as people tried to escape a heatwave sweeping across much of Europe.\nBritain, Italy and Spain are also swe... [4468 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/europe-france-italy-spain-heatwave-people-drown-6203256",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--zS5t6_Yb--/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/2026/06/23/000_b7wq8ll.jpg?itok=QbtBVBli",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T08:47:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "537b84cf67505c6f7e1c110715427240",
            "title": "Johor state polls: PM Anwar’s PH coalition unveils candidates, including former education minister Maszlee Malik",
            "description": "Although Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has yet to name the coalition’s chief minister candidate, Maszlee - who is among the candidates with the biggest profile owing to his previous stint as a Cabinet minister - has emerged as one of the frontrunners for the post, according to local media reports.",
            "content": "JOHOR BAHRU: Malaysia’s former education minister Maszlee Malik was among the 56 candidates unveiled by the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition on Monday (Jun 22) for the upcoming Johor state polls.\nPrime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the coalition’... [4870 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-johor-maszlee-malik-puteri-wangsa-elections-former-education-minister-6202996",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--KEZQNx_E--/c_crop,h_607,w_1080,x_0,y_3/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/06/23/img_0835.jpg?itok=6HOJhbrt",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T06:14:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "20200deb0d6a0804156864be4d432b90",
            "title": "Erosion of major-power deterrence could spur adventurism, make world more dangerous: Chan Chun Sing",
            "description": "\"The impulse to resort to force to resolve disputes reflects a worrying trend of breakdown in diplomacy,\" says Singapore's defence minister at the Middle East Institute's annual conference.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: The erosion of strategic deterrence by major powers could encourage greater adventurism by states and non-state actors, creating a more dangerous and challenging world, Defence Minister Chan Chun Sing said on Tuesday (Jun 23).\n\"For decades... [4889 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/iran-war-middle-east-institute-unclos-chan-chun-sing-6202676",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--LbvUkCqL--/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/06/23/chan_chun_sing.png?itok=YzLv9xYK",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-23T05:08:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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