# Bing API: Search Bing News > Finds recent Bing News articles about a topic in Bing's displayed order, optionally localized to a country and limited to the past hour, day or week. Relative publication times are approximate; date-only labels are shown at midnight UTC. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Bing. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/bing.com/search-news - Method: `bing.com/search_news`, version 1 - Website: bing.com - Returns: headline, publisher, publication time, snippet, image link, article link - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `query` | string | yes | `"climate change"` | News topic to search for, such as electric vehicle tariffs. | | `country` | string | no | `"GB"` | Country name or two-letter code for localized results, such as United States or GB. Default "United States". | | `freshness` | string | no | `"past_week"` | How recent articles should be, such as past_day. One of "any", "past_hour", "past_day", "past_week". Default "any". | | `max_results` | integer | no | `30` | Maximum number of articles to return, such as 20 (up to 100). Default 20. | ## Output From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "query": "climate change", "country": "GB", "freshness": "past_week", "max_results": 30 } ``` Its output: ```json { "articles": [ { "snippet": "Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. had faced pressure to recuse himself from the climate case because he owns stock in oil companies ...", "headline": "Justice Alito Recuses Himself Days Before Major Climate-Change Case", "publisher": "The New York Times", "image_link": "https://th.bing.com/th?id=ONUT.wrSHGT5kS9bfp5bpBPy9-g&pid=News&w=234&h=132&c=14&rs=2&qlt=90", "article_link": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/us/politics/alito-suncor-supreme-court-recuse.html", "published_at": "2026-09-28T22:22:26+00:00" }, { "snippet": "In a short letter, the court said Alito will not participate in consideration of Suncor v. Boulder County Commissioners, a case that could determine whether states and local governments across the ...", "headline": "Alito will not participate in pivotal climate change case", "publisher": "Yahoo", "image_link": null, "article_link": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/alito-not-participate-pivotal-climate-200900829.html", "published_at": "2026-09-28T20:22:26+00:00" }, { "snippet": "The Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in the major climate change lawsuit between two energy companies and the city and ...", "headline": "Alito recuses from major climate change case to be decided by the Supreme Court", "publisher": "CBS News on MSN", "image_link": "https://th.bing.com/th?id=ORMS.4750bf944cbade3bc8a9bd453beab340&pid=News&w=234&h=132&c=14&rs=2&qlt=90", "article_link": "https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/alito-recuses-from-major-climate-change-case-to-be-decided-by-the-supreme-court/ar-AA2d8BFY?ocid=BingNewsVerp", "published_at": "2026-09-28T20:22:26+00:00" } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"bing.com/search_news","input":{"query":"climate change","country":"GB","freshness":"past_week","max_results":30}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Pull the latest news headlines about the Federal Reserve interest rate decision from the past hour, with publisher and link for each - What are UK outlets saying this week about the junior doctors' strike? Give me around 15 articles with snippets. - Search Bing News for semiconductor export controls in Japan, past 24 hours, up to 30 results - I need recent coverage of the Champions League final from Spanish news sources — headlines, publication times and article URLs - Use Bing to find news on wildfire evacuations in British Columbia from the last day, Canada-localized, top 10 stories with images ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "query" ], "properties": { "query": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "News topic to search for, such as electric vehicle tariffs." }, "country": { "type": "string", "default": "United States", "description": "Country name or two-letter code for localized results, such as United States or GB." }, "freshness": { "enum": [ "any", "past_hour", "past_day", "past_week" ], "type": "string", "default": "any", "description": "How recent articles should be, such as past_day." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 20, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum number of articles to return, such as 20 (up to 100)." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "articles" ], "properties": { "articles": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "headline", "publisher", "published_at", "snippet", "image_link", "article_link" ], "properties": { "snippet": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Article preview." }, "headline": { "type": "string", "description": "Article headline." }, "publisher": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Publisher name." }, "image_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "News image link." }, "article_link": { "type": "string", "description": "Article page link." }, "published_at": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Publication time converted from Bing's displayed date, in ISO 8601 with offset." } }, "additionalProperties": false } } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [Bing API: Search the web](https://fous.com/methods/bing.com/search-web.md): Searches Bing and returns web results in the order shown, with snippets, answer-box text when available, and related searches. - [Google API: Search Google News](https://fous.com/methods/news.google.com/search-news.md): Finds recent Google News articles about a company, person or topic for a country and language, in Google News order, optionally within a time window, with each article's publisher link resolved. - [Yahoo API: Search Yahoo News](https://fous.com/methods/yahoo.com/search-news.md): Searches Yahoo News articles by keyword, newest first or by relevance, with optional publication dates and pages; returns only articles hosted on Yahoo News, with authors, original publisher and section. - [BBC News API: Search articles](https://fous.com/methods/bbc.com/search-news.md): Finds BBC News articles matching search words, newest first or by relevance, with publication time, authors, section and summary, optionally limited to a date range. Date filters and newest order apply to the first 180 search matches; older or less relevant matches may be missed. - [Yahoo API: List Yahoo News headlines](https://fous.com/methods/yahoo.com/list-headlines.md): Lists the latest Yahoo News headlines for a section in page order, with summary, byline, original publisher, image and publication time when the article provides them. - [CNN API: Search news](https://fous.com/methods/cnn.com/search-news.md): Searches CNN articles by keyword, with optional publication date range, sort order and pagination. - [Google API: List top stories](https://fous.com/methods/news.google.com/list-top-stories.md): Lists the current top Google News stories, overall or for one topic, in a chosen country and language edition. - [CNBC API: Search articles](https://fous.com/methods/cnbc.com/search-news.md): Searches CNBC-published articles by keyword, with optional publication date range, sort order and pagination. Excludes videos, wire stories and press releases. - [All Bing methods](https://fous.com/methods/bing.com.md)