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": 68832,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "97f1d54e1b8796e0afc16a640b5923b6",
            "title": "Ebola risk upgraded to 'very high' in DR Congo: WHO chief",
            "description": "The risk level remains high at the regional level and low worldwide, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.",
            "content": "GENEVA: The public health risk from the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been upgraded from high to very high, the World Health Organization said on Friday (May 22).\nThe risk level remains high at the regional level and low worl... [1930 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/ebola-risk-dr-congo-upgraded-very-high-who-chief-6136391",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--HWXaGzlM--/c_crop,h_900,w_1600,x_0,y_167/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/2026/05/22/000_b3ny2ke.jpg?itok=pUO7-Rxe",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T13:44:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b52b0f5a84f672087d769692112c5e03",
            "title": "Freed Gaza flotilla activists allege Israeli abuse including rape",
            "description": "Pro-Palestinian activists aboard an aid flotilla intercepted by Israel claim they were abused while in detention.",
            "content": "ROME: Activists released from Israeli custody after being detained on a flotilla trying to bring aid to Gaza were subjected to abuse, organisers said on Friday (May 22), with several hospitalised with injuries and at least 15 reporting sexual assault... [2448 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/freed-gaza-flotilla-activists-allege-israeli-abuse-including-rape-6134666",
            "image": "https://dam.mediacorp.sg/image/upload/s--0VM-noDE--/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/2026/05/22/000_b3mc4r7.jpg?itok=QNqNu430",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T13:23:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "08538e21f9ef4fd994fa94c90374f079",
                "name": "CNA",
                "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "16dda740abd719c56ce91710578f9463",
            "title": "UAE, 4 Gulf states reject Iran's new authority to manage traffic in Hormuz",
            "description": "In a statement, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia have also categorically rejected Iran’s alternative route for transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.",
            "content": "[Editor's Note: Follow Khaleej Times live blog for the latest regional developments with the US-Israel-Iran ceasefire now in effect.]\nThe UAE and four Arab Gulf states have issued a statement rejecting Iran’s establishment of a so-called “Persian Gul... [2698 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-gulf-states-reject-iranian-new-authority-hormuz-traffic",
            "image": "https://imgengine.khaleejtimes.com/khaleejtimes-english/2026-05-22/e8djwjh5/AFP20260518B37349Ev1HighResOmanIranUsIsraelWarHormuz.jpg?width=1200&height=630&q=60&format=auto&ogImage=true&mode=crop&rect=1,0,2946,1964",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T12:48:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "77df5dd66397879ca350736bc517f004",
                "name": "Khaleej Times",
                "url": "https://www.khaleejtimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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