Sagi Muki wins top prize in the Judo World Championships in Tokyo Wednesday, making history for the Jewish state.

Pacific Ocean nation provided nearly $1.6 million to UNRWA between January and June. Meanwhile, UNRWA says it needs $150 million to keep operating to the end of 2019. Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands have also suspended funding pending the results of a corruption probe.

A day after declaring that Zehut would not drop out of the election despite pressure from the Likud, party leader Moshe Feiglin tells Army Radio that "an unexpected opportunity has arisen."

"The Syrian regime knowingly permits Iran and its proxies to use its territory for the purpose of terrorist activity against the State of Israel," Israel's Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon writes in letter of complaint to Security Council. "Iran continues to threaten global security in general and the Middle East in particular by systematically violating UN Resolutions," letter says.

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández will travel to Jerusalem on September 1 to inaugurate the "diplomatic office" in the city. The office represents an extension of Honduras's embassy in the country, Honduran government says.