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World News API

Global news search in 86+ languages with semantic tagging

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World News API indexes thousands of sources across 210+ countries with semantic entity tags, sentiment, geo filters, and newspaper front pages. Free tier: 50 points/day with an API key from worldnewsapi.com.

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Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://api.worldnewsapi.com/search-news?text=technology&number=1

{
  "status": "failure",
  "code": 401,
  "message": "You are not authorized. Please read https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/authentication/"
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.worldnewsapi.com/search-news?text=technology&number=1"
const res = await fetch("https://api.worldnewsapi.com/search-news?text=technology&number=1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.worldnewsapi.com/search-news?text=technology&number=1")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 5On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
First rollup pending — GET /search-news?text=technology&number=1 has been probed
GET/search-news?text=technology&number=1PROBED

Global news search in 86+ languages with semantic tagging

GET/search-news?limit=5

Search News — documented GET route.

GET/search-news?page=1

Search News — documented GET route.

GET/

API root or index route.

GET/top-news?headlines-only=true&source-country=

Top News — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

World News API: common questions

Is World News API free to use?

Yes — World News API is a free open data API. Free tier: Free — 50 API points/day. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does World News API need an API key?

Yes — World News API needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: 50 points/day on free plan.

Can I call World News API from the browser?

Yes — World News API returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is World News API up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, World News API is unmonitored. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.