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": 70580,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1f55f070f9cb43e88165b12ab56803eb",
            "title": "Chinese Use Electronic Warfare Attacks on Dutch Warship in South China Sea, Says PLA",
            "description": "Chinese naval and air forces drove off a Dutch air defense frigate near a disputed archipelago using warnings and electronic interference, Beijing’s South China Sea command said Wednesday. According to the People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theater Command (PLA STC), the HNLMS De Ruyter (F804) and its embarked helicopter intruded Wednesday over the airspace of the Paracel Islands, an archipelago under the control of Beijing following its violent seizure from Vietnam in the 1970s. The Dutch frigate was forced away from the Paracel Islands using “necessary measures” and was “in accordance with laws and regulations,” Senior Captain Zhai Shichen, spokesperson for",
            "content": "Chinese naval and air forces drove off a Dutch air defense frigate near a disputed archipelago using warnings and electronic interference, Beijing’s South China Sea command said Wednesday.\nAccording to the People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theater ... [2418 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.usni.org/2026/05/27/chinese-use-electronic-warfare-attacks-on-dutch-warship-in-south-china-sea-says-pla",
            "image": "https://news.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/HJVMjd9aMAAn5cZ.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-27T15:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "48b188e891fd7532bc166ed8eb185735",
                "name": "USNI News",
                "url": "https://news.usni.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dc3bd8642cc1228266432f28ddb515f3",
            "title": "What Is With... the office making you ugly?",
            "description": "According to a viral TikTok trend known as “office air theory”, the drab premises eat away at beauty. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "SINGAPORE – The Devil Wears Prada (2006) opens with a captivating montage of working women picking their way through the streets of New York, en route to jobs implied to be glamorous. They are thrillingly coiffed, purposeful and, one can only conclud... [5772 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/life/style/what-is-with-the-office-making-you-ugly",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/09bb250e2f49642d2e0f27846267a4c39c96778e214824bfe279c71ca9f36a49",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-27T13:07:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f4d8f5e654c86d971d6b863d43670c94",
            "title": "5 of 7 people trapped in Laos cave found alive: Rescuers",
            "description": "By the morning of May 27, the water level in the cave had dried up considerably. Read more at straitstimes.com.",
            "content": "– Five of seven people trapped in a flooded cave for a week in Laos were found alive on May 27, Laotian and Thai rescuers said.\n“We’ve found five people alive and all safe. There are still two people we are searching for,” Laotian rescue group Rescue... [2299 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/diver-says-racing-against-time-to-rescue-7-trapped-in-laos-cave",
            "image": "https://cassette.sphdigital.com.sg/image/straitstimes/4a1d49a54bbaeacde882ba7dd999b38468fe2ecc7587b21e30e80af0bbebe9e4",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-27T11:56:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "739b615c65becd670ee152cab7f8c439",
                "name": "The Straits Times",
                "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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