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": 59292,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "481f9bb6283665fb53fc033919c43a6b",
            "title": "Democrats confront Hegseth for the first time since start of Iran war",
            "description": "US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced criticism over the estimated US$25 billion cost of the war with Iran, but dismissed their remarks as \"reckless, feckless and defeatist\".",
            "content": "DEMOCRATS ASK ABOUT WAR'S COST, WHILE REPUBLICANS BACK TRUMP ON IRAN\nHegseth detailed plans to increase pay for service members and upgrade munitions while also announcing that, as of Tuesday, the Pentagon had released US$400 million in previously ap... [1169 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/us-defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-democrats-iran-war-hearing-6089966",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--v7jCow_i--/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_one-cms:core:watermark:ap_data-1,w_0.1/f_auto,q_auto/v1/mediacorp/cna/image/2026/04/30/ap26119543408936.jpg?itok=KEDfkPci",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T23:43:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5038cafe42631f90b6ef73c16a04971a",
            "title": "Will Malaysia’s unprecedented move to appoint retired judge as new anti-graft chief pay off?",
            "description": "While Abdul Halim Aman’s appointment could be seen as an attempt to restore public trust, experts ask if an outsider can overcome internal resistance and carry out much-needed reforms.",
            "content": "KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s appointment of a retired High Court judge as the new head of its embattled anti-graft agency aims to signal an “institutional reset” and to underscore its independence in probing corruption, say analysts.\nThey add however tha... [10682 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-names-ex-judge-anti-graft-chief-6088911",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--jOGGLBxz--/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/2026/03/10/fdz_3386.jpg?itok=MFWjk7hU",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T22:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4ca7d3e0820adf3736e62ff543879fcd",
            "title": "EU, ASEAN need to be 'doubling down' on multilateralism as free trade fractures: Vivian Balakrishnan",
            "description": "Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan said Singapore wants to maintain its reputation as a trusted business hub amid global trade and geopolitical tensions.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE: With globalisation coming under pressure and free trade links becoming dismantled, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) should be \"doubling down\" on their common approach to cooperation, Minister f... [4494 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/free-trade-asean-eu-globalisation-vivian-balakrishnan-6089156",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--eVVErhCg--/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/2026/04/22/vivian-balakrishnan-singapore.jpg.jpg?itok=Z3fKmHir",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T13:23:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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