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United States World News API

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

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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": 210876,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1f895ee775fd843e00eb842311a938f3",
            "title": "Australia won't repatriate new IS-linked group from Syria",
            "description": "Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will not repatriate from Syria a group of 34 women and children with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group.",
            "content": "MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government will not repatriate from Syria a group of 34 women and children with alleged ties to the militant Islamic State group, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.\nThe women and children from 11 ... [5205 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/australia-syria-islamic-state-repatriate-9014cd9b72d4c3121a648cbe0f8b8df4",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/1e5dd97/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x3998+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F23%2Fe7%2Fdc9078326f474c9077daea738bd5%2Ff7d389b6cd91499ab8b7e20da403cbd4",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T07:38:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "81fdda853778e05338a80df24a62c777",
            "title": "Ukrainian Drone Pilot Finds Russian Arsenal, Filled With Horses, Cars",
            "description": "Cosmos, a fiber-optic drone pilot, told Business Insider he was hunting for hidden Russian storages when he found the Ladas and two horses.",
            "content": "Cosmos floated his quadcopter over the ruined warehouse, guiding it through a corner of the roof where shattered metal sheets had collapsed to form a hole.\nThe drone pilot's unit, the Wild Division, suspected that the building was a logistics hub for... [3520 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-drone-pilot-horses-cars-russian-warehouse-hidden-fiber-optic-2026-2",
            "image": "https://i.insider.com/6992d930d3c7faef0ece5718?width=1200&format=jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T05:01:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3349d5cc8abff1623266825fbe6b0f68",
                "name": "Business Insider",
                "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d5856274591023c42878b33f5feb0d59",
            "title": "Lindsey Graham calls on Saudi Arabia to ‘knock it off’",
            "description": "The senator addressed Saudi and Emirati leadership directly about escalating tensions in the region in his remarks at the Munich Security Conference",
            "content": "Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to put aside the escalating tensions between them, addressing the nations’ leaders directly in remarks at the Munich Security Conference, and warning that continued fricti... [1967 chars]",
            "url": "https://jewishinsider.com/2026/02/lindsey-graham-saudi-arabia-uae-munich-address/",
            "image": "https://image.jewishinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/16145357/GettyImages-2261494442.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T02:10:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "02b4736adf8a35dff60f7496c665e6fd",
                "name": "Jewish Insider",
                "url": "https://jewishinsider.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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