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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 APIAPI 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": 240832,
"articles": [
{
"id": "8d6519f0d8180c69fbb5be5122b95633",
"title": "Confirman muerte en prisión del manifestante del 11J Ernesto Brieva Sempé",
"description": "Cubalex confirmó la muerte del preso político del 11J Ernesto Brieva Sempé en el Combinado del Este, La Habana, el 12 o 13 de mayo, en estado severo de desnutrición.",
"content": "Cubalex informó este lunes la confirmación de la muerte bajo custodia del preso político Ernesto Brieva Sempé, manifestante de las protestas del 11 de julio de 2021, ocurrida en la madrugada del 12 al 13 de mayo en la prisión Combinado del Este, en L... [2149 chars]",
"url": "https://www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2026-05-18-u1-e135253-s27061-nid329621-confirman-prision-manifestante-11j-ernesto-brieva",
"image": "https://cdn0.celebritax.com/sites/default/files/styles/watermark_100/public/1779127084-confirman-prision-manifestante-11j-ernesto-brieva-sempe.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-18T23:55:36Z",
"lang": "es",
"source": {
"id": "a619450f68a89d836617874d536ffa7b",
"name": "CiberCuba",
"url": "https://www.cibercuba.com"
}
},
{
"id": "0af2a5047675fbfbdf61c29825eafb72",
"title": "Iran Update Special Report, May 18, 2026",
"description": "A senior US official and source briefed on the matter told Axios on May 18 that Iran’s counterproposal does not contain a commitment.",
"content": "Toplines\nIran’s latest counterproposal does not appear to meet US demands. Reuters reported on May 18 that Iran sent a new proposal with similar terms to proposals previously rejected by the United States.[1] A senior US official and source briefed o... [4597 chars]",
"url": "https://understandingwar.org/research/middle-east/iran-update-special-report-may-18-2026/",
"image": "https://understandingwar.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Website-Featured-Image-1-scaled.webp",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-18T23:26:05Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "41fdc887bd765811a368dcd8b6dd6835",
"name": "Institute for the Study of War",
"url": "https://understandingwar.org"
}
},
{
"id": "618906dbe26e825b0840c0206fba467a",
"title": "Iran more than doubled executions in 2025 as global use of the death penalty hit 44-year high, report says",
"description": "Iran executed more than twice as many people last year as it did in 2024, according to a new report by Amnesty International.",
"content": "The use of the death penalty skyrocketed last year, with documented executions reaching a worldwide high not seen since 1981, a new report found. A majority of the increase came from Iran, where the annual execution rate doubled, according to the rep... [3560 chars]",
"url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iran-doubled-executions-2025-global-use-death-penalty-hit-44-year-high/",
"image": "https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/05/18/84dc156a-8454-4217-b32e-7dcc7224ee50/thumbnail/1200x630/1a5221daba66681697665bb801d4346d/amnesty-international.png",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-18T23:14:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "f2f2ed82d991515dcc85d86a1374a9ae",
"name": "CBS News",
"url": "https://www.cbsnews.com"
}
}
]
}