diff --git a/searx/engines/google_news.py b/searx/engines/google_news.py
index d04ff153b..f5f289bb7 100644
--- a/searx/engines/google_news.py
+++ b/searx/engines/google_news.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def request(query, params):
 
     query_url = 'https://'+ subdomain + '/search' + "?" + urlencode({
         'q': query,
-        'hl': language,
+        'hl': lang_country,
         'lr': "lang_" + language,
         'ie': "utf8",
         'oe': "utf8",