Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Japanese capital Tokyo on Sunday, marking the second stop on his tour in Asia and the first visit by an Egyptian president to Japan since 1999.

The House of Representatives decided Sunday to ban MP Tawfik Okasha from attending 10 parliamentary sessions in a measure penalising the controversial MP and owner of TV channel Al-Faraeen. The punishment comes following an internal decision by a committee tasked to investigate Okasha on charges of “disrespecting” the parliament. Earlier in February, Okasha criticised Parliament Speaker Abdul Aal, resulting in his expulsion from the session.

Egypt said on Sunday that it is set to nominate a "prestigious figure" for the position of secretary-general of the Arab League to succeed current chief Nabil El-Araby.

A number of people in Tawfiq Okasha's Daqahlia constituency are gathering signatures on a petition condenming the controversial MP for his recent dinner meeting with the outgoing Israeli ambassador to Cairo.

Egyptian parliamentarian Kamal Ahmed threw his shoe at his colleague Tawfiq Okasha for the latter’s Feb. 25 meeting with Israeli ambassador to Cairo Haim Koren, Youm7 reported.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrived in Japanese capital Tokyo on Sunday, marking the second stop on his tour in Asia and the first visit by an Egyptian president to Japan since 1999.

Sameh Ashour, the head of the Lawyers Syndicate, called for a series of measures to be taken against the Ministry of Interior after the disappearance of lawyer Ibrahim Abdul Moneim Abo Gamos in the governorate of Sharqeya.

El-Nadeem Centre for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence issued a statement on Thursday responding to the reasons cited by the health ministry to shut down the non-governmental organisation last week.

Reactions from the media and politicians varied in response to an hour and a half long speech delievered by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday at al-Galaa Theater in Cairo, where he launched the government's long-term sustainable development strategy "Egypt Vision 2030".

Newly appointed Egyptian ambassador to Israel Hazem Khairat submitted Israeli President Reuven Rivlin his credentials Thursday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced via its Twitter account.

“Do not listen to anyone else but me,” Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday in a ceremony held in Cairo for the launch of the country’s sustainable development strategy, Egypt’s Vision 2030.

Egypt will take part in the G20 summit in Shanghai for the first time this Friday, an official statement issued by the Ministry of Finance read.

The culprits behind Italian student Giulio Regeni's murder in Cairo have not yet been identified, Egypt's interior ministry said in an official statement on Wednesday.

Israel’s outgoing ambassador to Cairo, Haim Koren, has welcomed an “invitation to dinner” by Egyptian MP Tawfiq Okasha, a rare step by an Egyptian public figure, conflicting with an unofficial boycott of Israel since the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty was signed in 1979.

Public prosecutors on Wednesday summoned TV host Youssef al-Husseiny for interrogation over insulting Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zend on OnTV channel.

The October 2015 crash of a Russian plan was caused by a person or group who “aimed to hit Egyptian tourism,” said President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi in his opening address to the Egypt’s Vision 2030 conference Wednesday.

Renowned journalist and human rights activist Hossam Bahgat was banned from travelling on Tuesday. He was supposed to travel to Jordan to participate in the United Nations meeting on Justice in the Arab World, according to a post on his Facebook account.

Egypt launched on Wednesday the final draft of the country's sustainable development strategy for the next 15 years with the aim to raise Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to 12 percent in 2030, up from the 4.2 percent attained last fiscal year, while reducing the budget deficit to 2.28 percent from 11.5 percent.

Egyptian parliament speaker Ali Abdel-Al seized Tuesday's morning session to express "deep respect" for journalists after two MPs attacked reporters covering parliament the day before.

El Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence has vowed that it will not stop helping victims of torture and violence despite the Egyptian government's decision to shut the organization down.

A new Mediterranean shipping lane in east Port Said will be inaugurated Wednesday, Youm7 reported Director-General of East Port Said Area Hesham Salama Tuesday.