The world of HIV and Aids research has been rocked by the Malaysia Airlines disaster which claimed the lives of more than 100 leading experts in the field.

Malaysian Airlines is still trying to determine the nationality of 18 people on board flight MH17.

World-renowned Aids researchers and activists heading to an international conference in Australia were on board the downed Malaysian jet, it has emerged.

World leaders lack the political will to ensure that everyone infected with HIV and Aids gets treatment, the head of a meeting dedicated to the disease said.

FAMILIES of Libyan children infected with Aids have accepted more than $400 million (€290m) in compensation, a move which could lead to a death sentence on six foreign medics being lifted.