Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Jan. 27

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury announced on Friday that it has added 21 individuals and nine entities related to Russia and Ukraine to its sanctions list.

The designated persons included several Russian officials, and high-level officials in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic, said the Treasury in a statement. (US-Russia-Sanctions)

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DAMASCUS -- A total of seven members of the same family were killed Friday by Turkish airstrikes that targeted the Kurdish-held Afrin enclave in northern Syria, the latest in a string of civilian casualties that have fallen by the week-long Turkish campaign.

Syria's official SANA news agency said the family members were killed when the Turkish warplanes targeted the Mobata area in the countryside of Afrin near the Turkish border. (Turkey-Syria-Afrin)

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DAMASCUS -- The Syrian government and opposition delegations on Friday agreed on a cease-fire in the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta countryside of the capital Damascus during the Syrian talks in Vienna, according to the Saudi-funded Alarabiya TV.

Calling it a breakthrough, the report said both delegations agreed on the cease-fire that will go into effect at midnight Saturday, thus ending a two-month escalation between the government forces and rebels in the Eastern Ghouta region. (Syria-Cease-fire-Damascus)

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KIEV -- Kiev Court of Appeals on Friday ordered the night-time house arrest for former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, the court said in a press release.

The court ruling envisages that Saakashvili is obliged to stay at home from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. each day, it said. (Ukraine-Georgia-Saakashvili) Enditem