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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": 238112,
"articles": [
{
"id": "e1cad409e8f2539caa17ec4f24163c31",
"title": "Syria’s first public trial of Assad-era officials opens in Damascus",
"description": "Syria has opened its first public trial of officials linked to former President Bashar Assad. Atef Najib, a former army brigadier general, appeared in court Sunday.",
"content": "DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The first public trial in Syria of officials linked to the rule of former President Bashar Assad opened in Damascus Sunday.\nAtef Najib, a former Syrian army brigadier general who was head of the Political Security Branch in sou... [1705 chars]",
"url": "https://apnews.com/article/syria-trial-transitional-justice-assad-atef-najib-aff2f6c36a44d85006be6a15a4d6447f",
"image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/8e5b9bc/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x3998+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fa0%2F30%2F322568b5665cd31ef52b51b7e427%2Ffc2dc189c8354fc3951e3635ce511b2e",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-26T13:52:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
"name": "AP News",
"url": "https://apnews.com"
}
},
{
"id": "b81f10f35f2fa28b15f28c3fc7a9ba4e",
"title": "Ukrainian city gathers for midnight Chernobyl vigil 40 years later",
"description": "Ukrainians gathered in the city of Slavutych to remember those affected by the Chernobyl nuclear disaster 40 years ago.",
"content": "SLAVUTYCH, Ukraine (AP) — People streamed into the central square of Slavutych in the early hours of Sunday, placing candles on a large radiation hazard symbol laid out on the ground as a midnight commemoration began for those killed in the Chernobyl... [3957 chars]",
"url": "https://apnews.com/article/chernobyl-russia-ukraine-war-drone-vigil-slavutych-242caff8c660604dd3a06a66a253c471",
"image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/ed43eac/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5939x3957+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fd6%2Ff0%2F78e1fc860cfab842e6dc36cc9245%2F04992316bb844bc391ca0561dd0e1bc7",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-26T12:59:00Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
"name": "AP News",
"url": "https://apnews.com"
}
},
{
"id": "efe6beb60758eac4c443c597c6c027db",
"title": "SBU Special Ops Strike Three Warships and MiG-31 Jet in Occupied Crimea",
"description": "Alpha units hit two landing ships, a reconnaissance vessel, and a MiG-31 fighter at Belbek airfield, crippling key naval and air defense infrastructure in Sevastopol.",
"content": "Special operations units from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) conducted a massive overnight strike on Russian military assets in occupied Crimea, targeting the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters and several high-value vessels.\nThe SBU Alpha special... [1581 chars]",
"url": "https://www.kyivpost.com/post/74804",
"image": "https://static.kyivpost.com/storage/2026/04/26/ae18a144318338c455acc0b3c380325c.jpeg?w=1200&q=90&f=jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-04-26T12:54:28Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "02c887af92e2e2e697e74bf65abd5a9b",
"name": "Kyiv Post",
"url": "https://www.kyivpost.com"
}
}
]
}