diff --git a/searx/engines/google_news.py b/searx/engines/google_news.py
index eb114f9c9..3e4371b99 100644
--- a/searx/engines/google_news.py
+++ b/searx/engines/google_news.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ language_support = True
 
 # engine dependent config
 url = 'https://ajax.googleapis.com/'
-search_url = url + 'ajax/services/search/news?v=2.0&start={offset}&rsz=large&safe=off&filter=off&{query}&hl={language}'  # noqa
+search_url = url + 'ajax/services/search/news?v=2.0&start={offset}&rsz=large&safe=off&filter=off&{query}&hl={lang}'
 
 
 # do search-request
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def request(query, params):
 
     params['url'] = search_url.format(offset=offset,
                                       query=urlencode({'q': query}),
-                                      language=language)
+                                      lang=language)
 
     return params
 
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ def response(resp):
     for result in search_res['responseData']['results']:
         # parse publishedDate
         publishedDate = parser.parse(result['publishedDate'])
+        if 'url' not in result:
+            continue
 
         # append result
         results.append({'url': result['unescapedUrl'],
diff --git a/searx/tests/engines/test_google_news.py b/searx/tests/engines/test_google_news.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31d674121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/tests/engines/test_google_news.py
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+from collections import defaultdict
+import mock
+from searx.engines import google_news
+from searx.testing import SearxTestCase
+
+
+class TestGoogleNewsEngine(SearxTestCase):
+
+    def test_request(self):
+        query = 'test_query'
+        dicto = defaultdict(dict)
+        dicto['pageno'] = 1
+        dicto['language'] = 'fr_FR'
+        params = google_news.request(query, dicto)
+        self.assertIn('url', params)
+        self.assertIn(query, params['url'])
+        self.assertIn('googleapis.com', params['url'])
+        self.assertIn('fr', params['url'])
+
+        dicto['language'] = 'all'
+        params = google_news.request(query, dicto)
+        self.assertIn('url', params)
+        self.assertIn('en', params['url'])
+
+    def test_response(self):
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, google_news.response, None)
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, google_news.response, [])
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, google_news.response, '')
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, google_news.response, '[]')
+
+        response = mock.Mock(text='{}')
+        self.assertEqual(google_news.response(response), [])
+
+        response = mock.Mock(text='{"data": []}')
+        self.assertEqual(google_news.response(response), [])
+
+        json = """
+        {
+        "responseData": {
+            "results": [
+            {
+                "GsearchResultClass": "GnewsSearch",
+                "clusterUrl": "http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=d2d3t1LMDpNIj2MPPhdTT0ycN4sWM&hl=fr&ned=fr",
+                "content": "This is the content",
+                "unescapedUrl": "http://this.is.the.url",
+                "url": "http://this.is.the.url",
+                "title": "This is the title",
+                "titleNoFormatting": "This is the title",
+                "location": "",
+                "publisher": "Jeux Actu",
+                "publishedDate": "Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:00:25 -0800",
+                "signedRedirectUrl": "http://news.google.com/",
+                "language": "fr",
+                "image": {
+                "url": "http://i.jeuxactus.com/datas/jeux/d/y/dying-light/vu/dying-light-54cc080b568fb.jpg",
+                "tbUrl": "http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSF4yYrs9Ycw23DGiOSAZ-5SEPXYwG3LNs",
+                "originalContextUrl": "http://www.jeuxactu.com/test-dying-light-sur-ps4-97208.htm",
+                "publisher": "Jeux Actu",
+                "tbWidth": 80,
+                "tbHeight": 30
+                },
+                "relatedStories": [
+                {
+                    "unescapedUrl": "http://www.jeuxvideo.com/test/415823/dying-light.htm",
+                    "url": "http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeuxvideo.com%2Ftest%2F415823%2Fdying-light.htm",
+                    "title": "<b>Test</b> du jeu Dying Light - jeuxvideo.com",
+                    "titleNoFormatting": "Test du jeu Dying Light - jeuxvideo.com",
+                    "location": "",
+                    "publisher": "JeuxVideo.com",
+                    "publishedDate": "Fri, 30 Jan 2015 08:52:30 -0800",
+                    "signedRedirectUrl": "http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&",
+                    "language": "fr"
+                }
+                ]
+            }
+            ]
+        },
+        "responseDetails": null,
+        "responseStatus": 200
+        }
+        """
+        response = mock.Mock(text=json)
+        results = google_news.response(response)
+        self.assertEqual(type(results), list)
+        self.assertEqual(len(results), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(results[0]['title'], 'This is the title')
+        self.assertEqual(results[0]['url'], 'http://this.is.the.url')
+        self.assertEqual(results[0]['content'], 'This is the content')
+
+        json = """
+        {
+        "responseData": {
+            "results": [
+            {
+                "GsearchResultClass": "GnewsSearch",
+                "clusterUrl": "http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=d2d3t1LMDpNIj2MPPhdTT0ycN4sWM&hl=fr&ned=fr",
+                "content": "This is the content",
+                "unescapedUrl": "http://this.is.the.url",
+                "title": "This is the title",
+                "titleNoFormatting": "This is the title",
+                "location": "",
+                "publisher": "Jeux Actu",
+                "publishedDate": "Fri, 30 Jan 2015 11:00:25 -0800",
+                "signedRedirectUrl": "http://news.google.com/news/",
+                "language": "fr",
+                "image": {
+                "url": "http://i.jeuxactus.com/datas/jeux/d/y/dying-light/vu/dying-light-54cc080b568fb.jpg",
+                "tbUrl": "http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:b_6f-OSAZ-5SEPXYwG3LNs",
+                "originalContextUrl": "http://www.jeuxactu.com/test-dying-light-sur-ps4-97208.htm",
+                "publisher": "Jeux Actu",
+                "tbWidth": 80,
+                "tbHeight": 30
+                }
+            }
+            ]
+        },
+        "responseDetails": null,
+        "responseStatus": 200
+        }
+        """
+        response = mock.Mock(text=json)
+        results = google_news.response(response)
+        self.assertEqual(type(results), list)
+        self.assertEqual(len(results), 0)
+
+        json = """
+        {
+        "responseData": {},
+        "responseDetails": null,
+        "responseStatus": 200
+        }
+        """
+        response = mock.Mock(text=json)
+        results = google_news.response(response)
+        self.assertEqual(type(results), list)
+        self.assertEqual(len(results), 0)
diff --git a/searx/tests/test_engines.py b/searx/tests/test_engines.py
index e609f9a5c..00ac8ffdf 100644
--- a/searx/tests/test_engines.py
+++ b/searx/tests/test_engines.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from searx.tests.engines.test_dummy import *  # noqa
 from searx.tests.engines.test_flickr import *  # noqa
 from searx.tests.engines.test_github import *  # noqa
 from searx.tests.engines.test_google_images import *  # noqa
+from searx.tests.engines.test_google_news import *  # noqa
 from searx.tests.engines.test_kickass import *  # noqa
 from searx.tests.engines.test_mixcloud import *  # noqa
 from searx.tests.engines.test_searchcode_code import *  # noqa