United States World News API

Get the live top world headlines from United States with our JSON API.

Get API key for the United States 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 United States.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=us&category=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 249724,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4b73ab6002bd32ee2f67f56c49f795f4",
            "title": "U.K. leaders call for calm as anti-immigration protests break out : NPR",
            "description": "U.K. leaders called for calm Tuesday after the arrest of a Sudanese man accused of trying to kill a man in a vicious stabbing on a Belfast street sparked fiery anti-immigration protests.",
            "content": "LONDON — U.K. leaders called for calm Tuesday after the arrest of a Sudanese man accused of trying to kill a man in a vicious stabbing on a Belfast street sparked fiery anti-immigration protests because the suspect is an asylum seeker.\nThe victim, a ... [3538 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5852968/uk-anti-immigration-protests-belfast",
            "image": "https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6162x3466+0+321/resize/1400/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8e%2F44%2Fe904c17745f89a121a032d40ce92%2Fap26160709961466.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T06:00:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0978beb86628acb239ee06cf0b116d2c",
                "name": "NPR",
                "url": "https://www.npr.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0201f938b6a1e3661bf219cedaf65821",
            "title": "Air Canada pilot flew passengers for years with a fake pilot’s license, police say",
            "description": "A former Air Canada pilot faces criminal charges for flying tens of thousands of passengers for nearly 17 years with a fake pilot’s license, Canadian police announced Tuesday.",
            "content": "A former Air Canada pilot faces criminal charges for flying tens of thousands of passengers for nearly 17 years with a fake pilot’s license, Canadian police announced Tuesday.\nGeoffrey Wall was arrested June 1 after investigators say he captained ove... [2518 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/10/americas/air-canada-pilot-arrested",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-2265480977.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T04:21:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "418152d521d5f0c6446e74a4a863ca2a",
            "title": "US and Iran trade strikes after Trump blames Tehran for helicopter crash",
            "description": "The United States has launched airstrikes on Iranian military sites after blaming Tehran for the crash of an American Apache attack helicopter, prompting new Iranian attacks across the region and raising fears of a broader conflict.",
            "content": "DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States launched airstrikes early Wednesday against Iran after blaming Tehran for the crash of an American attack helicopter, prompting new attacks from Iran and further widening the retaliatory strikes th... [4860 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-ceasefire-hezbollah-israel-10-june-2026-b7ec462890f3c2afa12bd5c0672f2b6b",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/f1a0150/2147483647/strip/true/crop/7851x5231+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fa9%2Fb0%2Fd5c745128f2f0a2739c2a1cf01a8%2F98d1b92c93cf47efa7c0754351bddcd2",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-10T03:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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