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": 242938,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "16973a4f399930aefe9be203c2c23c0e",
            "title": "19 Australian women and children linked to Islamic State repatriated",
            "description": "Two planes carrying 19 Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State group in Syria have landed in Melbourne and Sydney.",
            "content": "MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two planes carrying 19 Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State group in Syria landed in Melbourne and Sydney on Tuesday, despite Australia’s government warning that the returnees could face charges.\nThe g... [3696 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/isis-brides-australia-syria-islamic-state-roj-1462dd43a85e394636ca8a8ab66b440b",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/13d42a2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5679x3784+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc7%2F48%2F6869f4bc021443c7189987ef15e1%2Fa2291f7915c14b2a802640f3020865c6",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T11:09:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a611693a9bc6f454519222b5173e1be5",
            "title": "Western Europe's early heat wave shatters records",
            "description": "A spring heatwave is scorching parts of Western Europe, breaking temperature records and triggering government warnings.",
            "content": "LONDON (AP) — Temperature records have toppled as a spring heatwave continued to scorch parts of Western Europe on Tuesday, triggering government warnings about risks to life. Several drownings were reported in Britain and France as people tried to c... [3108 chars]",
            "url": "https://apnews.com/article/europe-heatwave-temperature-records-france-uk-5e08af7830e72ffa9fccdcf48cf4f7b5",
            "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/35ae20c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4778x3184+0+1/resize/980x653!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F9e%2F2c%2F860e0a9fc4054dea2167f2768ddd%2Fc78461b295614eb48a18145a4f33ee36",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T10:46:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b356d47a35dfffa723fc8131b36c3ed1",
                "name": "AP News",
                "url": "https://apnews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b914b11c2107f05297eea6597cb6dc85",
            "title": "Four dead, two injured after train hits school bus in Belgium",
            "description": "The incident happened at a level crossing in Buggenhout and an investigation into the cause of the crash is under way.",
            "content": "Four people, including two children, were killed when a train hit a school minibus in northern Belgium on Tuesday, the country's deputy prime minister said.\n\"A tragic collision between a train and a school bus took place in Buggenhout this morning. F... [1539 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/26/train-hits-school-bus-in-belgium-several-victims-reported-minister-says",
            "image": "https://images.euronews.com/articles/stories/09/77/26/83/1200x675_cmsv2_c56b3423-9f8d-5b7c-b07d-daa0c630fac0-9772683.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T10:43:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fe7887ab38dfaf6c0f8af3a124d38295",
                "name": "Euronews.com",
                "url": "https://www.euronews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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