Egypt will double its natural gas production by the second quarter of 2017 as a result of 2015's discoveries, Prime Minster Sherif Ismail said on Tuesday.

Defence lawyers of jailed journalist and novelist Ahmed Nagy filed a plea Tuesday to suspend the sentence of imprisonment until an appeal against the verdict is reviewed by the court.

Egypt’s doctors syndicate issued an official summon on Tuesday for Health Minister Ahmed Emad to be questioned by a disciplinary committee for “statements insulting all Egyptian doctors.”

The leader of the April 6 Youth Movement, Amr Ali was sentenced to three years in prison by an Egyptian court on Monday.

The U.K.’s easyJet will resume flights to Sharm el-Sheikh May 29, while British Airways will begin flying to Egypt in September for the first time since late October 2015, Youm7 reported Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou Monday.

Two detained journalists with deteriorating health conditions were referred to hospitals following a sit-in to protest poor conditions in prisons for detained journalists was launched at the press syndicate earlier on Monday.

Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has said his government will present its strategy programme to the parliament during the second half of March.

Three state-owned Egyptian banks will offer US dollar-denominated certificates to Egyptian expats at a minimum subscription price of $100 in an attempt to attract their savings, state news agency MENA reported on Monday, citing immigration minister Nabila Makram Ebeid.

A fisherman died on the River Nile on Monday when his boat was hit by a ferry in Tahta, Sohag, Upper Egypt. The man's father and cousin, who were also on the fishing boat, survived the accident.

Egypt’s state-owned Banque Misr will issue dollar-denominated certificates for Egyptians living abroad with maturities of one, three and five years, the chairman of the country’s second-largest bank told Reuters on Monday.

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.