news.global.latest
Latest news from 180,000+ sources across 200+ countries in 70+ languages. Filter by keyword, country, category, language, domain, and recency. Returns title, link, description, source, sentiment, keywords (NewsData.io)
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What news.global.latest does on Apibase
AI agents call news.global.latest to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
q | string | — | Search keywords in article title and content (e.g. "AI agents", "climate change") |
size | integer | — | Number of articles to return (default 10, max 50) |
domain | string | — | Filter by source domain (e.g. "bbc.co.uk", "nytimes.com") |
country | string | — | Country code filter, comma-separated (e.g. "us", "gb,de,fr"). 200+ countries supported. |
category | string | — | Category filter, comma-separated: business, entertainment, environment, food, health, politics, science, sports, technology, top, tourism, world |
language | string | — | Language code filter (e.g. "en", "de", "fr", "es"). 70+ languages supported. |
timeframe | string | — | Recency filter in hours (e.g. "24" for last 24 hours, "1" for last hour) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why news.global.latest is rated Low
Retrieves and queries news data without side effects or modification capabilities.
From the tool's definition retrieves latest news from 180,000+ sources; filter, returns title, link, description, source
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs news.global.latest safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For news.global.latest, this is the rule to start with:
news.global.latest is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every news.global.latest call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about news.global.latest
Latest news from 180,000+ sources across 200+ countries in 70+ languages. Filter by keyword, country, category, language, domain, and recency. Returns title, link, description, source, sentiment, keywords (NewsData.io). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
news.global.latest accepts 7 parameters: q, size, domain, country, category, language, timeframe. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for news.global.latest: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
news.global.latest is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the news.global.latest rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for news.global.latest. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
news.global.latest is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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