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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": 217656,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "dddc8df365366d005d35f56f6505ba8e",
            "title": "Pakistan carries out strikes in Afghanistan after spate of suicide attacks",
            "description": "Afghan sources say the Pakistani strikes hit the border provinces of Paktika and Nangarhar.",
            "content": "Pakistan’s military has carried out air strikes in Afghanistan, targeting what it called “camps and hideouts” belonging to armed groups behind a spate of recent attacks, including a suicide bombing that killed dozens of worshippers at a Shia mosque i... [3848 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/22/pakistan-carries-out-strikes-in-afghanistan-after-islamabad-suicide-attack",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2025-11-25T094514Z_2129341717_RC2L3IAMULO3_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-ATTACK-1771720007.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-22T01:10:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f189c25485966a7c974ffb676b10cd69",
            "title": "St. Francis' relics on display in Assisi draw 400,000 pilgrims",
            "description": "Assisi is putting the bones of St. Francis on public display for the first time, and the town is bracing for a huge crush of pilgrims.",
            "content": "ASSISI, Italy (AP) — The bones of St. Francis of Assisi, the medieval friar who inspired Pope Francis and generations of Christians before him, are going on public display for the first time, giving his hilltop Umbrian hometown yet another reason to ... [4889 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/italy-st-francis-bones-assisi-b5d8c3743509eaf7b5b00436e20bffd6",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/bcab42d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/8640x5757+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd1%2F16%2F6da12506819382495cdc051a2e2b%2F542cdb9fff8b43cd9c846bd51ce6a0f1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-21T23:37:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3bf879e7d930a337296bb4a831de8d36",
            "title": "Colombiano liberado de El Rodeo exige diálogo directo con Caracas",
            "description": "Manuel Tique único colombiano liberado en las últimas semanas, rompió el silencio tras su salida de la cárcel de máxima seguridad El Rodeo I.",
            "content": "Manuel Tique, de 33 años, el único colombiano liberado por las autoridades venezolanas en las últimas semanas, rompió el silencio tras su salida de la cárcel de máxima seguridad El Rodeo I.\nEn una entrevista con El País de España, el trabajador human... [3244 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.elnacional.com/2026/02/colombiano-liberado-de-el-rodeo-exige-dialogo-directo-con-caracas/",
            "image": "https://elnacional-uploads.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/21163244/manuel-tique.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-21T20:41:55Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "22d1e067add8b55a3825ac5cfebbd088",
                "name": "El Nacional",
                "url": "https://www.elnacional.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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