Top News

Get the top news from a country (over 220 are supported) in a language (over 90 are supported) for a specific date. The top news are clustered from multiple sources in the given country. The more news in a cluster the higher the cluster is ranked.

Results for the current day are frequently updated to capture new developments.

This API wraps the top news endpoint by World News API. To compare news APIs, please also read our review of the best news APIs and why we decided to partner with the World News API.

GET
https://api.apileague.com/retrieve-top-news
Example Request and Response
GET
https://api.apileague.com/{{ examples.getTopNews }}
{
    "top_news": [
        {
            "news": [
                {
                    "id": 224767206,
                    "title": "Jury to Begin Deliberations In Trump Trial",
                    "text": "...",
                    "summary": "...",
                    "url": "https://politicalwire.com/2024/05/28/jury-to-begin-deliberations-in-trump-trial/",
                    "image": "https://politicalwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/PW-podcast-logo.jpg",
                    "video": null,
                    "publish_date": "2024-05-29 00:10:48",
                    "authors": [
                        "Taegan Goddard"
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "id": 224839780,
                    "title": "Jury in Donald Trump's hush money case to begin deliberations",
                    "text": "...",
                    "summary": "...",
                    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/trump-trial-deliberations-jury-judge-verdict-390f045e9e8a37f069e82576edd7a842",
                    "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/3446536/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6195x3485+0+323/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fec%2Fd5%2Ff56fdc38f86e38b6217b50083d19%2Fd5ef4afe1cb64825be1349de8fd40df0",
                    "video": null,
                    "publish_date": "2024-05-29 04:30:08",
                    "authors": []
                },
                {
                    "id": 224936214,
                    "title": "Jury in Trump's hush money case to begin deliberations after hearing instructions from judge",
                    "text": "...",
                    "summary": "...",
                    "url": "https://whdh.com/news/jury-in-trumps-hush-money-case-to-begin-deliberations-after-hearing-instructions-from-judge/",
                    "image": "https://whdh.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/WHDH_2024-05-27_15h27-33-cover.jpg?quality=60&strip=color",
                    "video": null,
                    "publish_date": "2024-05-29 08:47:26",
                    "authors": []
                },
                {
                    "id": 224956968,
                    "title": "Trump trial jury set to begin deliberating verdict today after judge issues instructions",
                    "text": "...",
                    "summary": "...",
                    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/trump-trial-verdict-jury-deliberations-judge-instructions/",
                    "image": "https://assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2024/05/29/66524a85-576c-4c40-94ba-cfb04cbb7950/thumbnail/1200x630g3/d2d9c8ea35b659db292c371bdc0a47e8/gettyimages-2154550679.jpg?v=c5044be0004eac09882c007ac02fef6d",
                    "video": "https://prod.vodvideo.cbsnews.com/cbsnews/vr/hls/2942696_hls/master.m3u8",
                    "publish_date": "2024-05-29 10:00:18",
                    "authors": []
                },
                {
                    "id": 224957034,
                    "title": "Jury in Trump’s Hush-Money Trial to Begin Deliberations on Wednesday",
                    "text": "...",
                    "summary": "...",
                    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/nyregion/trump-trial-jury-charges.html",
                    "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/05/29/multimedia/29trump-trial-pinned-qzmh/29trump-trial-pinned-qzmh-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg",
                    "video": null,
                    "publish_date": "2024-05-29 10:12:08",
                    "authors": []
                },
                {
                    "id": 224961802,
                    "title": "Jury to begin deliberations in Trump trial and more top headlines",
                    "text": "...",
                    "summary": "...",
                    "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/us/judge-outline-framework-jury-trial-decide-trumps-fate-more-top-headlines",
                    "image": "https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2024/05/931/524/judge-trump.png?ve=1&tl=1",
                    "video": null,
                    "publish_date": "2024-05-29 10:22:36",
                    "authors": []
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "news": [
                {
                    "id": 225109966,
                    "title": "Scottie Scheffler PGA Championship charges set to get dropped",
                    "text": "...",
                    "url": "https://www.sbnation.com/golf/2024/5/29/24167024/scottie-scheffler-pga-championship-louisville-police-drop-charges",
                    "image": "https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/WBEMdSSOD_jHJGnNV7hLX88zANk=/0x444:5601x3376/fit-in/1200x630/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25469085/2152809074.jpg",
                    "video": null,
                    "publish_date": "2024-05-29 15:24:34",
                    "authors": [
                        "Brendan Porath"
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "id": 225118216,
                    "title": "Charges against world’s top golfer Scottie Scheffler dropped after arrest outside PGA Championship",
                    "text": "...",
                    "summary": "...",
                    "url": "https://www.pilotonline.com/2024/05/29/charges-against-worlds-top-golfer-scottie-scheffler-dropped-after-arrest-outside-pga-championship/",
                    "image": "https://www.pilotonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Scheffler_Arrest_Golf_86723_6d56d8.jpg?w=1024",
                    "video": null,
                    "publish_date": "2024-05-29 17:05:55",
                    "authors": []
                },
                {
                    "id": 225118304,
                    "title": "Charges against world’s top golfer Scottie Scheffler dropped after arrest outside PGA Championship",
                    "text": "...",
                    "summary": "...",
                    "url": "https://www.twincities.com/2024/05/29/charges-against-worlds-top-golfer-scottie-scheffler-dropped-after-arrest-outside-pga-championship/",
                    "image": "https://www.twincities.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Scheffler_Arrest_Golf_86723_6d56d8.jpg?w=1024",
                    "video": null,
                    "publish_date": "2024-05-29 17:05:55",
                    "authors": []
                },
                {
                    "id": 225119550,
                    "title": "Charges against world's top golfer Scottie Scheffler dropped after arrest outside PGA Championship",
                    "text": "...",
                    "summary": "...",
                    "url": "https://wsvn.com/sports/charges-against-worlds-top-golfer-scottie-scheffler-dropped-after-arrest-outside-pga-championship/",
                    "image": "https://wsvn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/240414_Scottie_Scheffler.jpg?quality=60&strip=color",
                    "video": null,
                    "publish_date": "2024-05-29 17:10:09",
                    "authors": []
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "news": [
                {
                    "id": 225012756,
                    "title": "Pandas to return to DC's National Zoo",
                    "text": "...",
                    "summary": "...",
                    "url": "https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/national-zoo-expected-to-make-announcement-about-panda-program/3627045/",
                    "image": "https://media.nbcwashington.com/2019/09/AP163564666366.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&fit=722%2C406",
                    "video": null,
                    "publish_date": "2024-05-29 12:37:10",
                    "authors": []
                },
                {
                    "id": 225017360,
                    "title": "Giant pandas are returning to D.C.'s National Zoo",
                    "text": "...",
                    "summary": "...",
                    "url": "https://apnews.com/article/giant-pandas-washington-zoo-china-764f8016d98c01ab579bdbb6dcc3dd6b",
                    "image": "https://dims.apnews.com/dims4/default/1f5b9aa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3382x1902+0+176/resize/1440x810!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fc4%2F1e%2F69094cc265243956d243348db814%2F71b160bbb0204eb594474a4934fb0df6",
                    "video": null,
                    "publish_date": "2024-05-29 12:51:08",
                    "authors": []
                },
                {
                    "id": 225017634,
                    "title": "2 new giant pandas are returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year",
                    "text": "...",
                    "summary": "...",
                    "url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/05/29/2-new-giant-pandas-are-returning-to-washingtons-national-zoo-from-china-by-the-end-of-the-year/",
                    "image": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Giant_Pandas_89303.jpg?w=1024",
                    "video": null,
                    "publish_date": "2024-05-29 12:52:08",
                    "authors": []
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "language": "en",
    "country": "us"
}
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