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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": 206938,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "16ca56c4ff181d8ae931456afb15ad63",
            "title": "Castro Says ICE Deported Sick 2-Month-Old To Mexico, Stephen Colbert Puts CBS On Blast Again: Live Updates",
            "description": "Follow along for the latest news on the major headlines of the day.",
            "content": "LiveLast Update:\n1 minute ago\nCastro Says ICE Deported Sick 2-Month-Old To Mexico, Stephen Colbert Puts CBS On Blast Again: Live Updates\nFollow along for the latest news on the major headlines of the day.\nLOADINGERROR LOADING\nvia Associated Press\nJud... [19940 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.huffpost.com/entry/latest-news-live-updates_n_69943242e4b0330fe9295a62",
            "image": "https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/69959b631b0000cc144cc35f.jpeg?cache=O9dwGpKCxm&ops=1200_630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T19:39:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c542a6964d48e539ef831a37e1a7ab14",
                "name": "HuffPost",
                "url": "https://www.huffpost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "df4cb9b28637ae2435d9df56cca9206f",
            "title": "El alpinista que enfrenta un juicio sin precedentes por \"dejar morir\" a su novia en la montaña más alta de Austria",
            "description": "El novio de Kerstin G. está acusado de dejarla desprotegida y agotada cerca de la cumbre durante una tormenta de nieve.",
            "content": "Autor, Bethany Bell\nTítulo del autor, Corresponsal de la BBC en Viena\n3 horas\nTiempo de lectura: 6 min\nMás de un año después de que una mujer de 33 años muriera congelada en la montaña más alta de Austria, su novio comparecerá en un juicio este jueve... [5793 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/mundo/articles/c0e5lnrrjd3o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_mundo/48a2/live/2b7de820-0cbd-11f1-b2bd-6154c58a2dc8.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T18:00:00Z",
            "lang": "es",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7963ae14eb678e5edda1014f3b6f9efa",
            "title": "Teenage girls lured into forced sex by gangs in London, BBC finds",
            "description": "Our investigation reveals gangs from a range of ethnic backgrounds are operating widely in the capital, exploiting girls and young women.",
            "content": "3 hours ago\nSima KotechaSenior UK correspondent\nWarning: Contains desciptions of sexual abuse\nVulnerable women and girls as young as 14 are being lured into a world of forced sex by gangs in London, evidence uncovered by the BBC has found.\nSome told ... [7495 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd9xnjyy8po",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1f9a/live/2ff23460-0ccc-11f1-b5e2-dd58fc65f0f6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T17:01:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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