World News API

World News API is a real-time and historical news data API covering thousands of sources across 210+ countries and 86+ languages. It provides full-text and semantic news search, geo-targeted local news search (a radius filter around a latitude/longitude point), article content and link extraction from arbitrary URLs, country-level top news clustering, newspaper front-page images, and news-source discovery. Local news search is a first-class feature - resolve a place name to coordinates with the Geo Coordinates endpoint, then pass those coordinates to Search News via the location-filter parameter to find news published or mentioned near that place. Requests are authenticated with an API key (api-key query parameter or x-api-key header) and metered in points against a daily plan allowance.

World News API publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Extract News API, Front Pages API, Geo Coordinates API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include News, Local News, News Search, Media Monitoring, and Geo Search.

World News API’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, and 8 more developer resources.

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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7 APIs
NewsLocal NewsNews SearchMedia MonitoringGeo SearchNews DataSentiment AnalysisContent Extraction

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Contract Quality 14.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 48/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
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APIs 7

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

World News API Extract News API

Extract article content and links from arbitrary news URLs.

World News API Front Pages API

Retrieve newspaper front-page images by country and date.

World News API Geo Coordinates API

Resolve a place name to latitude/longitude for local news search.

World News API News Sources API

Discover and inspect available news sources.

World News API Retrieve News API

Retrieve full article records by id.

World News API Search News API

Full-text, semantic, and geo/local news search.

World News API Top News API

Country-level top news clustered by coverage.

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

World News API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Worldnewsapi Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Worldnewsapi Rate Limits

6 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Worldnewsapi Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Worldnewsapi Authentication

apiKey · 2 schemes

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Worldnewsapi Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Worldnewsapi Agentic Access

8 operations

8 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication
Authentication
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
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 Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: worldnewsapi
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/worldnewsapi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: World News API
kind: company
description: World News API is a real-time and historical news data API covering thousands of sources across 210+ countries
  and 86+ languages. It provides full-text and semantic news search, geo-targeted local news search (a radius filter around
  a latitude/longitude point), article content and link extraction from arbitrary URLs, country-level top news clustering,
  newspaper front-page images, and news-source discovery. Local news search is a first-class feature - resolve a place name
  to coordinates with the Geo Coordinates endpoint, then pass those coordinates to Search News via the location-filter parameter
  to find news published or mentioned near that place. Requests are authenticated with an API key (api-key query parameter
  or x-api-key header) and metered in points against a daily plan allowance.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/worldnewsapi.png
tags:
- News
- Local News
- News Search
- Media Monitoring
- Geo Search
- News Data
- Sentiment Analysis
- Content Extraction
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: worldnewsapi:worldnewsapi-extract-news-api
  name: World News API Extract News API
  description: Extract article content and links from arbitrary news URLs.
  humanURL: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  baseURL: https://api.worldnewsapi.com
  tags:
  - Extract News
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/worldnewsapi-extract-news-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/get-geo-coordinates/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/top-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news-links/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/retrieve-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news-sources/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/newspaper-front-pages/
- aid: worldnewsapi:worldnewsapi-front-pages-api
  name: World News API Front Pages API
  description: Retrieve newspaper front-page images by country and date.
  humanURL: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  baseURL: https://api.worldnewsapi.com
  tags:
  - Front Pages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/worldnewsapi-front-pages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/get-geo-coordinates/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/top-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news-links/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/retrieve-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news-sources/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/newspaper-front-pages/
- aid: worldnewsapi:worldnewsapi-geo-coordinates-api
  name: World News API Geo Coordinates API
  description: Resolve a place name to latitude/longitude for local news search.
  humanURL: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  baseURL: https://api.worldnewsapi.com
  tags:
  - Geo Coordinates
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/worldnewsapi-geo-coordinates-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/get-geo-coordinates/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/top-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news-links/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/retrieve-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news-sources/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/newspaper-front-pages/
- aid: worldnewsapi:worldnewsapi-news-sources-api
  name: World News API News Sources API
  description: Discover and inspect available news sources.
  humanURL: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  baseURL: https://api.worldnewsapi.com
  tags:
  - News Sources
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/worldnewsapi-news-sources-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/get-geo-coordinates/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/top-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news-links/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/retrieve-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news-sources/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/newspaper-front-pages/
- aid: worldnewsapi:worldnewsapi-retrieve-news-api
  name: World News API Retrieve News API
  description: Retrieve full article records by id.
  humanURL: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  baseURL: https://api.worldnewsapi.com
  tags:
  - Retrieve News
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/worldnewsapi-retrieve-news-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/get-geo-coordinates/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/top-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news-links/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/retrieve-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news-sources/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/newspaper-front-pages/
- aid: worldnewsapi:worldnewsapi-search-news-api
  name: World News API Search News API
  description: Full-text, semantic, and geo/local news search.
  humanURL: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  baseURL: https://api.worldnewsapi.com
  tags:
  - Search News
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/worldnewsapi-search-news-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/get-geo-coordinates/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/top-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news-links/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/retrieve-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news-sources/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/newspaper-front-pages/
- aid: worldnewsapi:worldnewsapi-top-news-api
  name: World News API Top News API
  description: Country-level top news clustered by coverage.
  humanURL: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  baseURL: https://api.worldnewsapi.com
  tags:
  - Top News
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/worldnewsapi-top-news-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/worldnewsapi.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/get-geo-coordinates/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/top-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/extract-news-links/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/retrieve-news/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/search-news-sources/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/newspaper-front-pages/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/worldnewsapi-agentic-access.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/worldnewsapi-authentication.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/worldnewsapi-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/ddsky
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-news-api
- type: Website
  url: https://worldnewsapi.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://worldnewsapi.com/docs/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/worldnewsapi-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/worldnewsapi-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/worldnewsapi-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com