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United Kingdom Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from United Kingdom with our JSON API.

Get API key for the United Kingdom Nation 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 United Kingdom.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=gb&category=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 484380,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ae2b536d1cab157ce2c4405e6da73d6f",
            "title": "Syrian who fled to UK charged with crimes against humanity over violent crackdown",
            "description": "Former intelligence officer, 58, charged with murder and torture in first prosecution of its kind in England and Wales",
            "content": "A former Syrian intelligence officer who fled to the UK has been charged with murder and torture as crimes against humanity, in the first prosecution of its kind in England and Wales.\nThe 58-year-old man, who has not been named for legal reasons, is ... [2585 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/09/syrian-charged-crimes-against-humanity-over-violent-crackdown",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/bca211d7826e4255c71d6770cb47e36e4d2bdf39/337_0_1567_1254/master/1567.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=6d54fd6b93632940ad681f587f408031",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T16:21:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dc1a06f1ea4bc44d8c4f3c2eee4268cf",
            "title": "Andrew Malkinson accuser ‘wasn’t too sure it was the right man’, court told",
            "description": "Malkinson spent 17 years in prison after being wrongly convicted in rape case for which another man is now on trial",
            "content": "A woman who alleged she was raped by Andrew Malkinson admitted to police 22 years ago that she “wasn’t too sure it was the right man”, a court has heard.\nMalkinson spent 17 years in prison for an attack he did not commit in what jurors heard was a “m... [3106 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/09/andrew-malkinson-accuser-not-too-sure-right-man-court-told",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/0f5ac5aba8b637470183ccef981aa26a588447a0/3295_1494_7144_5716/master/7144.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=f13a41b3de7c709cff78b5c13eace9a5",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T15:38:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9570e9aaa1c0fc0aed2ddd38b5c8ec0b",
            "title": "Glasgow Central Station closed after huge blaze as travel disruption to continue",
            "description": "All trains cancelled and businesses in the area destroyed after blaze breaks out at vape shop in Glasgow city centre",
            "content": "Glasgow Central will remain closed with “no estimate on when the station will reopen” after a huge fire broke out at a vape shop on Union Street.\nA fire broke out on the ground floor of a 19th-century commercial building around 3.46pm on Sunday, caus... [9581 chars]",
            "url": "https://news.stv.tv/west-central/glasgow-central-station-closed-after-huge-blaze-as-travel-disruption-to-continue",
            "image": "https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/291d7d3d28af442627aa9bf15f3f5685-1773043359-social-default.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-09T14:29:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "47bdcb03aa1ab49074770ad673d4e5d6",
                "name": "STV News",
                "url": "https://news.stv.tv"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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